The socio-political context for deploying carbon capture and storage in China and the U.S

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 324-335

  Wilson, Elizabeth ^a,b   Zhang, Dongjie ^b   Zheng, Li ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon capture and storage; China; Sequestration; Technology innovation; United States

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COAL; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECONOMIC PLANNING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INNOVATION; NATIONAL ECONOMY;

CHINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79956265333     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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