Global Climate Change: Linking Energy, Environment, Economy and Equity (Environmental Science Research, 45)

A Sustainable Energy Future: Steps to Reduce US Carbon Dioxide Emissions; R.M. Friedman, R.M. Bierbaum. Energy Efficiency, Human Activities, and Climate Change; L. Schipper. Integrating Energy, Economy, and Environmental Concerns: No Regrets Tax Reform; A. Cristofaro. Multiple Benefits Environmental Policy; D. Dudek. Implications for Decision Making: Government Perspectives; H. Gruenspecht. Auto Industry Perspectives; S.A. Leonard. Strategies for International Negotiations: Status of Framework Convention Talks; D.A. Reifsnyder. Equity in International Agreements; R. Stewart. The Ethics of Living in a Global Greenhouse: Corporate and Personal Responsibility; D. Jamieson. Intergenerational Equity; D. MacLean. Examining the Linkages: Designing a Carbon Tax Strategy; R. Dower. A Congressional View of Workable Linkages; J.D. Dingell. 23 additional articles. Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Opening Remarks....Pages 1-1 Challenges in the Face of Uncertainty....Pages 3-8 Front Matter....Pages 11-11 Steps to Reduce U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Technical Options and the Policies to Implement Them....Pages 13-36 Energy Efficiency, Human Activities and Climate Change....Pages 37-44 The Costs of Reducing U.S. CO 2 Emissions: Further Sensitivity Analyses....Pages 45-52 Front Matter....Pages 59-59 “No Regrets” Tax Reform....Pages 61-63 Multiple benefit Environmental Policies....Pages 65-71 Energy and Environmental Policy: The Role of Markets....Pages 73-80 Local/Regional Policies—Acting Globally by Thinking Locally....Pages 81-89 Front Matter....Pages 101-101 Implications for Decision Making: Government Perspectives....Pages 103-106 Implications for Decision Making: The Electric Utilities’ Perspective....Pages 107-109 Implications for Decision Making: Auto Industry Perspectives....Pages 111-114 Implications for Decision Making: Industrial Sector Perspectives....Pages 115-119 Implications for Decision Making: Sectoral Perspectives....Pages 121-123 The Importance of Population Growth in Future Commercial Energy Consumption....Pages 127-141 The Public as a Decision Maker....Pages 143-145 Front Matter....Pages 151-151 Status of Framework Convention Talks....Pages 153-156 Equity in International Agreements....Pages 157-160 Front Matter....Pages 167-167 Corporate and Personal Responsibility....Pages 169-175 Intergenerational Equity....Pages 177-181 Front Matter....Pages 187-187 Energy Policy: Insurance against the Unknown....Pages 189-194 Designing a Carbon Tax Strategy....Pages 195-201 “Virtual Climate” and Climate Change Assessment: Paving the Way for Workable Climate Change Policies....Pages 203-205 Examining the Linkages—Which Policies Will Work?....Pages 207-210 A Congressional View of Workable Linkages....Pages 211-221 Thinking about Global Climate Change....Pages 223-228 Back Matter....Pages 229-242 **A Sustainable Energy Future:**__R.M. Friedman, R.M. Bierbaum.____L. Schipper.__**Economy, and Environmental Concerns:**__A.__ Multiple Benefits Environmental Policy; **Implications for Decision Making:**__H.__ Auto Industry Perspectives; **Strategies for International Negotiations:**__D.A. Reifsnyder.____R. Stewart.__**Greenhouse:**__D. Jamieson.____D. MacLean.__ Designing a Carbon Tax Strategy; A Congressional View of Workable Linkages; 23 additional articles. Index. Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Conference of the Air Resources Information Clearinghouse held in Washington, D.C., December 5-6, 1991 Proceedings of a conference sponsored by Center for Environmental Information, Inc., Washington, DC, USA, December 1990