Local-scale analysis of carbon mitigation strategies: Tompkins County, New York, USA

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 5515-5525

  Vadas, Timothy M ^a   Fahey, Timothy J ^b   Sherman, Ruth E ^b   Kay, David ^b  

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

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; Mitigation potential; Policy analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; POWER GENERATION; WIND POWER;

CARBON MITIGATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION;

ENERGY POLICY;

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY ANALYSIS; POWER GENERATION;

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

EID: 34548760774     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.05.016     Document Type: Article

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