Canada's voluntary agreement on vehicle greenhouse gas emissions: When the details matter

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 474-487

  Lutsey, Nicholas ^a   Sperling, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fuel economy; Greenhouse gas emissions; Vehicle; Voluntary agreement

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; BIOFUELS; CONTRACTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUEL ECONOMY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GASES; VEHICLES;

ADVANCED VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION;

EMISSION CONTROL;

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; BIOFUEL; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548694079     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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