Mapping electric vehicle impacts: greenhouse gas emissions, fuel costs, and energy justice in the United States

Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards

Socioeconomic Drivers of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the United States.

Existing studies examined the U.S.'s direct GHG emitters and final consumers driving upstream GHG emissions, but overlooked the U.S.'s primary suppliers enabling downstream GHG emissions and relative contributions of socioeconomic factors to GHG emission changes from the supply side. This study investigates GHG emissions of sectors in the U.S. from production-based (direct emissions), consumpti...

Transitional Strategies for the Reduction of "greenhouse Gas" Emissions in the United States Electric Power Sector

Environmental issues have become increasingly important in the political arena, particularly with growing concern over the "greenhouse effect", a potential global climatic warming caused by increases in anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. The United States alone accounts for 25% of the worldwide emissions of C02, the most important of the greenhouse gases. The generation of electric po...

Building commissioning: a golden opportunity for reducing energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions in the United States

Commissioning is arguably the single most cost-effective strategy for reducing energy, costs, and greenhouse gas emissions in buildings today. Although commissioning has earned increased recognition in recent years, it remains an enigmatic practice whose visibility severely lags its potential. The application of commissioning to new buildings ensures that they deliver or exceed the performance ...

Should a vehicle fuel economy standard be combined with an economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions constraint? Implications for energy and climate policy in the United States*

The MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change combines cutting-edge scientific research with independent policy analysis to provide a solid foundation for the public and private decisions needed to mitigate and adapt to unavoidable global environmental changes. Being data-driven, the Program uses extensive Earth system and economic data and models to produce quantitative anal...