One of the major challenges of the U.S. energy policy is to achieve greenhouse gases emissions reductions at low cost. Economists tend to prefer policies that effectively establish a price of emissions. This paper examines the impacts of carbon taxes that are equal to the social costs of carbon on the U.S. energy system in the long-term future under different assumptions on the potential of sha...

In late 2007, after signing the Kyoto Protocol, a new Australian federal government committed to generating 20% of Australia's electricity from renewable energy by 2020, for a transition to a low-carbon economy. With wind energy the most viable technology for such expansion, little recognition, however, was paid to intense social conflict surrounding wind farm location. By 2006, inadequate comm...

This article presents the good news that an ecologically sustainable and healthy energy system, based on efficient energy use and renewable energy sources, is now technologically and economically feasible for Australia. Given the political will, it could possibly be achieved by 2030 without major disruption to the economy and society. But this energy system is being held back by political and c...

To combat climate change, many economists and policymakers advocate price-based approaches, such as greenhouse gas emissions taxes and emissions trading programs, or technology-based approaches, such as R&D subsidies and public-private R&D partnerships. In the end, however, both types of approaches rely on consumers and firms to make different choices: they will need to change what they do and ...

caucasus has been an important region for turkey since the collapse of the soviet :union:. this importance emanates from the region’s own natural resources, its position at the crossroads of the oil and gas rich regions of the world and chronic political instability and security threats. turkey as the key neighbour of the caucasus has experienced state – led fundamental and structural changes w...

To a great extent, Pakistan and Turkey rely on imported fossil fuels to meet their energy demands. is moving in the right direction, placing focus renewable resources its current infrastructure order address shortage. Several projects (e.g., wind power solar PV (photovoltaic) technologies) are operational or under development; they intended reduce challenges Pakistan. The new government aims in...

the application of equiframe in the analysis of sexual and reproductive health policies by ivanova et al to a new thematic area, their selection of only some of the core concepts of human rights in health service provision and the addition of new vulnerable groups relevant to the purpose of their analysis, are all very welcome developments. we also applaud their application of equiframe to poli...