Air Pollution: Meeting Future Electricity Demand Will Increase Emission of Some Harmful Substances

[摘要] A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Electric power plants burn fuels that can produce harmful emissions, such as carbon dioxide, mercury, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxide, which can pose human health and environmental risks. To assess the potential risks of meeting future electricity demand, congressional committees asked GAO to (1) report on the Energy Information Administration's (EIA's) national and regional projections of such emissions by 2020, and (2) determine how the projections would change using alternative assumptions about future economic growth and other factors that advisers in these fields recommended. GAO also assessed the potential effects of future electricity demand on water demand and supply."

[发布日期] 2002-10-30 [发布机构] United States. General Accounting Office.

[关键词] Government accountability -- United States.;natural resources and environment;air pollution;letter report