An analysis of costs and health co-benefits for a U.S. Power Plant Carbon Standard

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Buonocore, Jonathan J ^a   Lambert, Kathleen F ^b   Burtraw, Dallas ^c   Sekar, Samantha ^c,e   Driscoll, Charles T ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^d Syracuse University   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT;

AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; POLICY; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; COST; ECONOMIC MODEL; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; POWER PLANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84975292112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156308     Document Type: Article

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