scholarly journals A Joint Control Model Based on Emission Rights Futures Trading for Regional Air Pollution That Accounts for the Impacts on Employment

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (21) ◽  
pp. 5894 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wang ◽  
Zhao ◽  
Yang ◽  
Wang ◽  
Xue ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Pollution Control ◽  
Control Model ◽  
Air Pollutant ◽  
Control Mode ◽  
Spot Price ◽  
Joint Control ◽  
Air Pollution Control ◽  
Futures Trading ◽  
Emission Rights

To reduce air pollutant control costs and solve the problem of decreased employment caused by air pollution control, we established a double-objective optimization Joint Control Model (JCM) based on emission rights futures trading. The JCM calculates the spot price of emission rights, classifies regions in the trading market for emission rights into buyers and sellers, and calculates the optimal cooperative pollution abatement quantity. Compared with a non-cooperative control mode, the JCM generated benefits of US$2485.19 × 106. We then used a Game Quadratic Programming (GQP) method to distribute the benefits, and applied the JCM to a case study of the abatement of sulfur dioxide in China’s Shanxi, Henan, and Shaanxi provinces. We found that: (i) Compared with a JCM that does not account for employment, employment under the JCM increased by 3.20 × 103 people, and the pollution control cost decreased by US$11.20 × 106 under the JCM that considered employment. The effect of the latter model is better than that of the former. (ii) Employment under the JCM increased by 18.80 × 104 people compared with that under a territorial control mode, reducing the cost by US$99.73 × 106. The JCM is helpful for all participating regions to balance environmental and livelihood issues in the process of air pollution control to achieve sustainable development.

Air Pollution Control and its Impacts on Coal Use

1988 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 447-464
Author(s):  
Jan Vernon
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Pollution Control ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Air Pollutant ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Air Pollution Control ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
Capital Costs

Over the last decade, environmental concerns have played an increasing role in energy decision making, from siting of new energy facilities to national policy changes, such as Sweden's decision to phase out nuclear power. Concern about atmospheric pollution from fossil fuel combustion, reflected in increasingly strict emission limits, has imposed additional costs and technical demands on coal-fired plants. Estimates from the Federal Republic of Germany, the USA and the OECD indicate that air pollution control can account for a third of the capital costs for a new coal-fired power plant. This article outlines the current status of regulations on air pollutant emissions from coal-fired plants, describes action being taken to meet regulations and its potential impacts on coal utilisation. The article focuses on sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, which have seen major recent developments in regulations and control methods.

scholarly journals Science–Policy Interplay: Improvement of Air Quality from 2008 to 2014 in Beijing and the Scientific Approach to Achieve APEC Blue

2016 ◽  
Vol 97 (4) ◽  
pp. 553-559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhanshan Wang ◽  
Yunting Li ◽  
Tian Chen ◽  
Dawei Zhang ◽  
Lingjun Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Pollution Control ◽  
Control Policy ◽  
Air Pollutant ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Great Effort ◽  
Air Pollution Control ◽  
Scientific Approach

Abstract The Beijing government has made great effort to solve the air pollution problem in recent years. In this paper, the major air pollution control measures and the air quality improvement from 2008 to 2014 in Beijing were represented. With the implementation of a series of unconventional and high–air pollutant reduction measures in Beijing and the surrounding area, good air quality during both the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2014 Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference was guaranteed. Notably, a new scientific approach was applied to formulate air pollution control policy during the APEC conference. In addition to the established measures, two periods of enhanced and targeted reduction measures were implemented according to the forecast in advance. Finally, suggestions for improving air quality in Beijing were offered on the basis of the monitoring results and analyses during the APEC conference.

scholarly journals Spatial Heterogeneity Influences of Environmental Control and Informal Regulation on Air Pollutant Emissions in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (13) ◽  
pp. 4857 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenhua Zhang ◽  
Guoxing Zhang ◽  
Shunfeng Song ◽  
Bin Su
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Spatial Heterogeneity ◽  
Environmental Regulation ◽  
Pollution Control ◽  
Control Policy ◽  
Air Pollutant ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Air Pollution Control ◽  
Control Policies ◽  
Pollution Control Policy

High air pollutant emissions in China have become serious environmental issues threatening public health. While spatial heterogeneity plays an important role in environmental regulation in China, it is necessary to analyze the spatial heterogeneity influences of air pollution control policies and informal environmental regulation on air pollutant emissions in China. Based on the quantification of air pollution control policies, this paper incorporates the central government’s policy formulation and local government’s policy implementation into the intensity of air pollution control policy. This paper uses the panel data of China’s 30 provinces to examine the spatial impact of air pollution control policy and informal environmental regulation on air pollutant emissions. The results show that (a) air pollutant emissions represented by soot and dust emission intensity has a significant positive spatial spillover effect; (b) air pollution control policy and informal environmental regulation play significant inhibitory roles in air pollutant emissions; (c) informal environmental regulation has a negative moderating effect on the negative relationship between air pollution control policy and air pollutant emissions. Other implications for environmental management have also been discussed.

scholarly journals Assessments of Air Pollution Control Effectiveness Based on a Sharp Regression Discontinuity Design —Evidence From China’s Environmental Big Data

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ren Wang ◽  
Jiaqi Huang ◽  
Lizhi Zhang ◽  
Yu Xia ◽  
Xu Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Pollution Control ◽  
Regression Discontinuity ◽  
Air Pollutant ◽  
Air Pollution Control ◽  
Short Term Treatment ◽  
Control Effectiveness ◽  
South Central

The Assessment andAppraisal Method for Ecological Construction Targets (the Method) was promulgated in 2016, which provided a concrete instruction for China’s air pollution control and established an explicit standard for reducing air pollutant concentration. This study implements a sharp regression discontinuity (RD) design and makes an assessment on air quality control effectiveness of the Method based on the high-volume big data acquired from 173 cities in China. The results show that the Method has significantly improved air pollution control on the overall air quality index (AQI) and reducing concentrations of PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NO2, and CO across the country in the observation periods. However, no reduction effect was observed for O3. The robustness tests support the conclusion as well. Besides, the heterogeneity analysis illustrates that the policy had a significant short-term treatment effect in East, South, Central, North, Northwest, Southwest, and Northeast China. However, the Method’s effect is found to decline over time either nationwide or regionally according to the persistence analysis. Therefore, this article puts forward several suggestions regarding the formulation of long-term regulations for air pollution control, the transformation of the growth model for sustainable development, and optimization of the incentive system for improved pollution control and prevention.

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