Alignment of policies to maximize the climate benefits of diesel vehicles through control of particulate matter and black carbon emissions

Energy Policy

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 54-61

  Minjares, Ray ^a   Blumberg, Kate ^a   Posada Sanchez, Francisco ^a  

^a International Council on Clean Transportation   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Diesel; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE; CLIMATE IMPACTS; DIESEL; DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTERS; DIESEL PARTICULATE MATTERS; DIESEL VEHICLES; EMISSION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES; FUEL QUALITY; FUEL TAX; FUEL-ECONOMY STANDARDS; NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; SULFUR CONTENTS; TAILPIPE EMISSION; VEHICLE FLEETS;

DIESEL FUELS; DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL ECONOMY; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; SULFUR;

STANDARDS;

BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE EFFECT; DIESEL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION POLICY; STANDARD (REGULATION);

EUROPE;

EID: 84873128986     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.09.053     Document Type: Article

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