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Hidden Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use (2010)
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology (BEST)
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Hidden Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use

CNG compressed natural gas

CO carbon monoxide

Co cobalt

CO2 carbon dioxide

CO2-eq carbon dioxide equivalent

Cr chromium

CRP Conservation Reserve Program

CRS Congressional Research Service

Cu copper

DICE Dynamic Integrated Model of Climate and the Economy

DOE U.S. Department of Energy

DOT U.S. Department of Transportation

E10 ethanol 10% blend

E85 ethanol 85% blend

EGR enhanced gas recovery

EGU electricity-generating unit

EIA Energy Information Administration

EISA Energy Independence and Security Act

EOR enhance oil recovery

EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

ERR estimated recoverable reserves

EtOH ethanol

FBC fluidized bed combustion

FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

FGD flue gas desulfurization

FPEIS Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

FUND Climate Framework for Uncertainty, Negotiation, and Distribution

GCM global climate model

GDP gross domestic product

gge gasoline gallon equivalent

GHG greenhouse gas

GWP global-warming potential

GREET Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Transportation

GTCC greater than Class C

GW gigawatt

GWh gigawatt hour

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