Sulfur dioxide control in China: Policy evolution during the 10th and 11th Five-year Plans and lessons for the future

Energy Policy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 779-789

  Schreifels, Jeremy J ^a   Fu, Yale ^b   Wilson, Elizabeth J ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; Five year Plan; SO 2; SO 2 control; TEC; USD

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FIVE-YEAR PLAN; SO 2; TEC; USD;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INSTRUMENTS; NITROGEN OXIDES; SULFUR;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION CONTROL; POWER PLANT; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CHINA;

EID: 84865032419     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.06.015     Document Type: Article

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