Assessing the Effectiveness of Scrubber Installation on Air Pollution Emissions Reductions Among Coal-Fired Power Plants: Application of Statistical Methods for Causal Inference

The 1990 amendment to the Clean Air Act implemented a cap-and-trade system that required electricity-generating power plants to dramatically reduce Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) and Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) emissions. Plants impacted by this legislation had a variety of compliance options, including decreasing f...

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Main Author: Hansen, John Barrett
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Harvard University 2015
Online Access:http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:14398549