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Annual review of energy and the environment

Author
Hollander J.M. (ed)
Date
1992
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-053736)
Publisher | Place of publication
Annual Reviews Inc. | Palo Alto, CA, USA
Pages
613 p.
Language
English
Field of application
International
Country/Territory
United States of America, China, Sweden
Subject
Energy, Mineral resources
Keyword
Air quality/air pollution Subsidy/incentive Oil pollution Emissions Enforcement/compliance Energy conservation/energy production Emission standards
Geographical area
Africa
Abstract

Contents: 1. Verification of international environmental agreements; 2. Interconnections between energy and the environment: global challenges; 3. Global energy bargaining; 4. Commercial wind power: recent experience in the USA; 5. Competition, trading, and the reliability of electric power service; 6. Pollution charges for environmental protection: a policyy link between energy and the environment; 7. The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments: Overview, utility industry responses, and strategic implications; 8. Radioactive-waste management in the USA: evolving policyy prospects and dilemmas; 9. Fates and effects of oil spills; 10.Role of human performance in energy systems management; 11.Carbon emissions taxes: their comparative advantage under uncertainty; 12.Energy technologies for developing countries: US policies and programs for trade and investment; 13.Energy issues in Sub-Saharan Africa: future directions; 14.China's energy system: historical evolution, current issues and prospects; 15.Redirecting power: Swedish nuclear power policies in historical perspective; 16.World energy use in the 1970s and 1980s: exploring the changes; 17.Utiliy demand-side management experience and potential - a critical view; 18.Energy efficiency improvement potential of commercial aircraft