Can embedded knowledge in pollution prevention techniques reduce greenhouse gas emissions? A case of the power generating industry in the United States

• Published in: Environmental research letters Vol. 15; no. 12; pp. 124033 - 124044
• Main Authors: Lee, Sangyoul, Bi, Xiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.12.2020
• Subjects: difference-in-differences (DID); Electric power; embedded knowledge; Emissions; Emissions control; Greenhouse effect; greenhouse gas reporting program (GHGRP); Greenhouse gases; Industrial plant emissions; Knowledge management; Pollutants; Pollution abatement; Pollution prevention; pollution prevention (P2); Pollution sources; Power plants; Public information; Shannon's entropy index; toxics release inventory (TRI); United States > US

Following the well-known public information disclosure program, the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), the United States established the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP), which documents annual direct GHG emissions from major point-source polluters from 2010 onwards. While recorded GHG emission...