Author: Tennessee Valley Authority. Fossil and Hydro EngineeringPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acid rain
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Economic Evaluation of SO2 Control Options for Acid Rain Legislation
Author: Tennessee Valley Authority. Fossil and Hydro EngineeringPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acid rain
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Acid Rain Debate
Author: Ernest J YanarellaPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000242595
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
This collection of essays by noted academicians, lawyers, energy agency administrators, and research analysts focuses on the political and legal aspects of the acid rain debate, the policy options for resolving the controversy, and the international dimensions of acid rain control. The contributors highlight concerns drawn primarily from the developing study of acid rain in political science, economics, public administration, and policy analysis--concerns that are the focal point of the public debate over the nature, impact, and cost of acid rain and the mitigation of its effects. The book complements the impressive body of research from the natural sciences and responds to the need for applied study to help resolve the current policy stalemate on this critical environmental issue. The Acid Rain Debate features a comprehensive annotated bibliography on acid rain and relevant social science research.
Acid Rain and Transported Air Pollutants
Author: United States. Congress. Office of Technology AssessmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acid rain
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Markets for Clean Air
Author: A. Denny EllermanPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521660831
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
The book analyzes the behavior and performance of the market for emissions permits, called allowances in the Acid Rain Program, and quantifies emission reductions, compliance costs, and cost savings associated with the trading program."--BOOK JACKET.
Economic, Environmental, and Coal Market Impacts of SO2 Emissions Trading Under Alternative Acid Rain Control Proposals
Author: Acid Rain Oversight
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and PowerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acid precipitation (Meteorology)
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
The Acid Rain Controversy
Author: James L. RegensPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 0822974371
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
This study describes the origins of acid rain, how it is formed, the ecological and human effects, and prevention methods. It also examines debates within the scientific community as a basis for evaluating policy decisions. A comprehensive review of pollution control techniques questions which technologies are currently available, their future availability, or whether they are merely theoretical. The authors frame the economic and political context for making decisions about acid rain control policy and offer valuable insights about the underlying dynamics of the environmental policymaking process for the near future.
Acid Rain and Transported Air Pollutants
Author: Publisher: Unipub
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The policy dilemma -- Transported air pollutants: the risks of damage and the risks of control -- The pollutants of concern -- The regional distribution of risks -- Policy options -- Legislating emissions reductions.
The Political Economy of Market-based Environmental Policy
Author: Paul L. JoskowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
The U.S. acid rain program created by the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments is a pioneering application of the tradable permits approach to controlling pollution. We examine the historical evolution of federal clean air legislation that led up to the 1990 acid rain law and then focus on the political process that governed the allocation of the initial endowments of tradable sulfur dioxide emissions permits-- called "allowances"--Among electric utilities. In the relatively simple allocation of allowances to the dirtiest generating units during Phase I (1995-1999), a few high-emissions states received disproportionate shares of allowances, while high-sulfur coal-mining interests benefited from incentives to clean emissions rather than to switch to low-sulfur coal. The more complex and economically significant Phase II allocation, covering all generating units beginning in 2000, reveals rent-seeking on several levels. Hypothetical Senate and House votes on alternative Phase II allocation suggest that the actual allocation would have prevailed against plausible alternatives, though it probably did not minimize aggregate abatement cost in the presence of barriers to interstate trading. Statistical analysis of differences between actual and benchmark allocations in Phase II confirms the complexity of the political process involved and fails to support any simple model of distributive politics. control of key Senate and House leadership and committee positions did not systematically increase allowance allocations. There is some evidence that states with competitive races for Senator, Governor, or the President received more allowances, consistent with partisan theories of distributive politics, although the effects are weak. Most surprisingly, the well organized coalition of states that produced and burned high-sulfur coal which heavily influenced the inefficient results of the SO2 controls in the 1977 Clean Air Act Amendments, did poorly in 1990, both because their decade-long effort to block acid rain legislation failed and because they received relatively fewer Phase II allowances than states with more diffuse interests. There is evidence, however, that some high-emissions states traded additional allowances in Phase I for fewer allowances in Phase II and that major high-sulfur coal-producing states focused their attention on obtaining incentives to install scrubbers to allow them to continue burning high-sulfur coal and benefits for miners.
Better Air
Author: Jessica Lincoln-OswaltPublisher:
ISBN: 9781614707240
Category : Air
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The authorities and responsibilities of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) derive primarily from a dozen major environmental statutes. This book provides a concise summary of one of those statutes, the Clean Air Act. It provides a brief history of federal involvement in air quality regulation and of the provisions added by legislation in 1970, 1977 and 1990. It also explains major authorities contained in the Act as well as key terms and references for more detailed information on the Act and its implementation.