Air pollution control policies and impacts: A review

T Feng, Y Sun, Y Shi, J Ma, C Feng, Z Chen - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2024 - Elsevier
Air pollution, due to its detrimental impacts on the environment, economy, and human
health, has emerged as a significant global challenge. To curb air pollution, policymakers …

Spatial assessment of solar energy potential at global scale. A geographical approach

R Prăvălie, C Patriche, G Bandoc - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Solar energy is a key renewable source for decarbonization and the future sustainable
development of human society. However, the success of the worldwide governments in the …

Renewable energy investment and carbon emissions under cap-and-trade mechanisms

W Chen, J Chen, Y Ma - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper develops a model to examine the impacts of cap-and-trade mechanisms on the
decisions of a utility firm when it invests in renewable energy and has an existing …

The effects of carbon emissions trading and renewable portfolio standards on the integrated wind–photovoltaic–thermal power-dispatching system: real case studies …

Q Tan, Y Ding, J Zheng, M Dai, Y Zhang - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The existing literature demonstrates that the multi-energy combined power-dispatching
system is crucial for resolving the mismatch between the installed capacity and the power …

The climate and air-quality benefits of wind and solar power in the United States

D Millstein, R Wiser, M Bolinger, G Barbose - Nature Energy, 2017 - nature.com
Wind and solar energy reduce combustion-based electricity generation and provide air-
quality and greenhouse gas emission benefits. These benefits vary dramatically by region …

Pathways to a healthy net-zero future: report of the Lancet Pathfinder Commission

S Whitmee, R Green, K Belesova, S Hassan, S Cuevas… - The Lancet, 2024 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Deep, rapid cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are needed to limit future
global temperature increases to 1· 5 C above pre-industrial levels, but current progress is …

Renewable energy targets may undermine their sustainability

S Spillias, P Kareiva, M Ruckelshaus… - Nature Climate …, 2020 - nature.com
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Empirical evaluation of the stringency and design of renewable portfolio standards

S Carley, LL Davies, DB Spence, N Zirogiannis - Nature Energy, 2018 - nature.com
In two decades of experience with state renewable portfolio standards (RPSs), the United
States has observed immense growth in renewable energy markets, initially in wind energy …

United States non-cooperation and the Paris agreement

J Urpelainen, T Van de Graaf - Climate Policy, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT In June 2017, the Trump administration decided to withdraw the US from the
Paris Agreement, a landmark climate agreement adopted in 2015 by 195 nations. The exit of …

[PDF][PDF] Do renewable portfolio standards deliver cost-effective carbon abatement?

M Greenstone, I Nath - … of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for …, 2020 - papers.ssrn.com
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