Drivers of the US CO2 emissions 1997-2013

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Feng, Kuishuang ^a   Davis, Steven J ^b,c   Sun, Laixiang ^a,d,e   Hubacek, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; FUEL; NATURAL GAS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOSSIL FUEL; NATURAL GAS; POLICY MAKING;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE; DRIVER; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ENERGY RESOURCE; HUMAN; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937676711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8714     Document Type: Article

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