Impact of the Keystone XL pipeline on global oil markets and greenhouse gas emissions

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 778-781

  Erickson, Peter ^a   Lazarus, Michael ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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EID: 84906891471     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2335     Document Type: Article

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