King coal and the queen of subsidies

Science

Volumn 349, Issue 6254, 2015, Pages 1286-1287

  Edenhofer, Ottmar ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; FOSSIL FUEL;

COAL; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COST ANALYSIS; EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY RESOURCE; GREENHOUSE GAS; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; PRICING POLICY; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHINESE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COAL POWER; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; NUCLEAR ENERGY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SOLAR ENERGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WIND POWER;

AFRICA; ASIA;

EID: 84942940267     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aad0674     Document Type: Article

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