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| Author: | Kolstad, C. D. |
| Title: | Acid deposition regulation and the US coal industry. |
| Journal: | Energy Policy
1990 : NOV, VOL. 18:9, p. 845-852 |
| Index terms: | POLLUTION CONTROL COAL MINING INDUSTRY USA |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The debate in the USA over acid deposition regulation has concerned striking an efficient balance among three conflicting goals: reducing acid deposition effects, minimizing control costs an assuring a future for the high-sulphur coal industry. The focus in the paper is on the effects of acid rain regulation on the high-sulphur coal industry, using a model of the electric power and coal industry in East and Midwest. The conclusion is that the two regulatory proposals, forced scrubbing and an emission limit, are either inefficient or poorly balance the three policy goals. It might be that the most politically tractable way of controlling acid rain is strict, but cost effective regulations. |
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