Approaches for analyzing local carbon mitigation strategies: Tompkins County, New York, USA

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 360-373

  Vadas, Timothy M ^a   Fahey, Timothy J ^b   Sherman, Ruth E ^b   Demers, Jason D ^b   Grossman, Julie M ^b   Maul, Jude E ^b   Melvin, April M ^b   O'Neill, Brendan ^b   Raciti, Steve M ^b   Rochon, Emily T ^b   Sugar, Dora J ^b   Tonitto, Christina ^b   Turner, Caroline B ^b   Walsh, Michael J ^a   Xue, Kai ^b  

^a Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; Local scale; Mitigation potential

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INVESTMENTS;

CARBON MITIGATION; LOCAL-SCALE ANALYSIS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

BIOMASS POWER; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; MITIGATION; POWER GENERATION; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; WIND POWER;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; TOMPKINS COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250200428     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1750-5836(07)00041-2     Document Type: Article

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