Dynamics of Sewage Charge Policies, Environmental Protection Industry and Polluting Enterprises—A Case Study in China

Wang, Qingsong; Yuan, Xueliang; Zuo, Jian; Mu, Ruimin; Zhou, Lixin; Mei, Shunliang

doi:10.3390/su6084858

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“…Short-term regional cooperative pollution controls, such as “APEC Blue” and “Parade Blue,” are short-lived because they were promoted by short-term but strong intervention measures, such as shutting down polluters and traffic restriction, which is consistent with the results of previous studies (18, 25–27).…”

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Regional Cooperative Pollution Control and Residents’ Health Expenditures: Empirical Evidence from China

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Tan

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Background: Environmental pollution seriously damages not only the ecosystem but also the well-being of residents. There is an association between air pollution and residential health expenditures. The aim of this study was to identify the association between pollution control and residents’ health expenditures. Methods: Using the pilot project of the regional cooperative pollution control in 28 cities required by the Chinese government as the quasi-natural experiment setting and the panel data of residents’ health expenditures in China from 2014 to 2017, the impact of pollution control on residents’ health expenditures was systematically explored through difference-in-difference approach. Results: Air quality of the 28 cities that adopted the regional cooperative pollution control policy improves significantly, thus indicating that this policy effectively solves the self-interest issue of local governments in pollution control, and residents’ health expenditures consequently decrease. Conclusion: This study enriches the paradigm that analyzes the relationship between air pollution and residents’ health expenditures and reveals the mechanism through which the regional cooperative pollution control reduces residents’ health expenditures.

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Regional Cooperative Pollution Control and Residents’ Health Expenditures: Empirical Evidence from China

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“…The cost of treatment of heavy polluting enterprises such as the chemical industry and metal smelting is higher and worsens environmental degradation. Reducing the proportion of heavy industry can improve environmental efficiency by decreasing the consumption of energy and lead to economic dividends through resource utilization and technological progress [54]. However, the economic output brought by an increase in the heavy industry cannot make up for the social costs resulting from their environmental externalities [65].…”

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“…The sewage charge system is the main system for the implementation of pollution control in China and represents the intensity of environmental regulation. It has been shown that the sewage charge system has improved environmental quality and achieved the goal of emissions reduction in recent years [53,54]. However, the effects are heterogeneous across regions.…”

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Does an Emissions Trading Policy Improve Environmental Efficiency? Evidence from China

Zhang

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2020

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An emissions trading system is a market instrument for pollution control that has been used in China for many years. The Ministry of Environmental Protection of China has approved the implementation of emissions trading pilot projects in 11 provinces since 2007, yet the effectiveness of the policy has not been comprehensively estimated. With panel data from 29 provinces and cities in China between 2003 and 2012, this study uses the data envelopment model-slack based measurement (DEA-SBM) method to measure environmental efficiency indicators and a difference in difference (DID) model to examine the impact of the emissions trading system on environmental efficiency. The results indicate that the policy has significantly improved environmental efficiency in the pilot provinces. However, the effects are heterogeneous with different efficiency levels across the diverse regions. Higher impacts were found in the central and western regions. Some suggestions for the optimization of the emissions trading system are suggested in this study.

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“…From 2011 to 2030, the newly added hydropower, wind power, solar power and nuclear power will surpass 1 billion kW, in which nuclear power will occupy 15%-20% [36]. With the development of new energy, renewable energy and low-carbon energy, China will reduce the reliance on traditional fossil fuel and consequently improve the environmental performance, as well as the energy sustainability [56].…”

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Structural Evolution of Household Energy Consumption: A China Study

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Sustainable energy production and consumption is one of the issues for the sustainable development strategy in China. As China's economic development paradigm shifts, household energy consumption (HEC) has become a focus of achieving national goals of energy efficiency and greenhouse gas reduction. The information entropy model and LMDI model were employed in this study in order to analyse the structural evolution of HEC, as well as its associated critical factors. The results indicate that the information entropy of HEC increased gradually, and coal will be reduced by clean energies, such as natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas. The information entropy tends to stabilize and converge due to rapid urbanization. Therefore, from the perspective of environmental protection and natural resource conservation, the structure of household energy consumption will be optimized. This study revealed that residents' income level is one of the most critical factors for the increase of energy consumption, while the energy intensity is the only driving force for the reduction of HEC. The accumulated contribution of these two factors to the HEC is 240.53% OPEN ACCESSSustainability2015, 7 3920 and −161.75%, respectively. It is imperative to improve the energy efficiency in the residential sector. Recommendations are provided to improve the energy efficiency-related technologies, as well as the standards for the sustainable energy strategy.

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Dynamics of Sewage Charge Policies, Environmental Protection Industry and Polluting Enterprises—A Case Study in China

Cited by 16 publications

References 28 publications

Regional Cooperative Pollution Control and Residents’ Health Expenditures: Empirical Evidence from China

Regional Cooperative Pollution Control and Residents’ Health Expenditures: Empirical Evidence from China

Does an Emissions Trading Policy Improve Environmental Efficiency? Evidence from China

Structural Evolution of Household Energy Consumption: A China Study

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