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From Regulatory Pressure to Green Innovation: A Cognitive Perspective from China's Plastic Industry

by Zhang Caihua Zhang Zhuang Zhao Kunjian Lei Xue

Environmental management and policy

Environmental regulations aim to stimulate green innovation, yet the cognitive mechanisms through which policies influence corporate decisions remain poorly understood. This study investigates how environmental regulations transform corporate behavior through management cognition pathways using...

Environmental Management Environmental planning +3 more
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Experiment and Coupling Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste Degradation Under Multiple Influencing Factors

by Wu Xiaolong Rong Wan Yue Tengda Qingxiang Song Muhammad Muneer Liu Xinyang Dequan Kong ur Rahman Masood Muhammad Awais Hussain

Solid Waste Management

The increase in municipal solid waste (MSW) in northwest China has been substantial, with a significant portion primarily treated in landfills. This rapid growth in waste generation presents considerable challenges for landfill management and treatment. The factors affecting MSW degradation are...

Landfill Solid waste +6 more
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Has digital policy improved urban carbon emission efficiency? Quasi-natural experiment based on national big data comprehensive pilot zone

by Wang Lianghu Shao Jun

Issue 5

Environmental management and policy

In the context of the current technological revolution and industrial transformation, the digital economy has emerged as a strategic imperative. It is essential to investigate the influence of digital policies on urban carbon emission efficiency and to elucidate the underlying mechanisms. Such...

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Does Air pollution affect the green innovation of industrial enterprises? Insights from Urban Sewage Control Policies in China

by Zhang XIlin Li Ding Yan Han Ma Shenglin

Environmental management and policy

Environmental protection and technological innovation are key strategies for transforming economic development and have long been a focus of research. Environmental regulation plays a vital role in addressing the externalities of environmental governance and fostering corporate innovation. This...

air pollution Environmental Regulations +3 more
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Study on the Impact of New Energy Vehicles on Urban Air Quality

by Li Jing Li Yan Yu Na Wang Xinming Han Xiuyan

Issue 6

Air pollution and health

Abstract：This study aims to assess the impact of the new energy vehicle industry on urban air quality in China, focusing on the spatial and temporal variation of PM2.5 concentrations. Based on panel data from 286 prefecture-level cities in China from 2013 to 2022, an analytical framework is...

new energy vehicles Urban Air Quality +2 more
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Navigating the Carbon Crossroads: Climate Transition Risk and Carbon Emission Efficiency in China's Energy Enterprises

by Wu Yixi Zhao Kunjian Lei Xue

Issue 5

Climate change

Climate change acceleration and intensifying global carbon reduction efforts have created an urgent need to understand how climate transition risks affect carbon emission efficiency in energy enterprises. Our study breaks new ground by developing climate risk indicators through machine learning and...

Climate transition risk Carbon emission efficiency +3 more
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Quantifying the Relative Contributions of Climate Change and Human Activities to Vegetation Recovery in Shandong Province of China

by Ma Shenglin Liu Huifang Li Senbiao Lyu Shuping Zeng Hongjun

Issue 5

Climate change

As global climate change intensifies, with frequent extreme weather events, the stability of vegetation is severely threatened. This study (2002–2023) uses NDVI, temperature, and precipitation data, along with methods like pixel binary, trend analysis, and multiple regression residual analysis, to...

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New Urbanization Policies and Agricultural Non-point Source Pollution Control in China: Mechanisms and Implications

by Li Haitian Lei Xue

Environmental management and policy

The rapid urbanization in China has led to severe agricultural non-point source pollution, threatening sustainable development. This study investigates the impact of new urbanization policies on controlling agricultural non-point source pollution and explores the underlying mechanisms. Utilizing...

agricultural non-point source pollution motion response +4 more
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Effects of land-use patterns at different scales on water quality in the Huaihe River Basin in China

by Wu Wu lin Li Xiaolong Li Gao Liangmin Gao Zhang Kai Zhang Pang Zhendong Pang

Issue 5

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

The influence of land-use patterns on water quality in the Huaihe River Basin was analyzed using the Nemerow index, correlation and multiple linear regression analysis based on the measured data from 62 sampling sites in the Huaihe River Basin (China). In the point buffer zone, a significant...

land-use ; spatial scale ; Nemerow index ; correlation ; Huaihe River Basin
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Advancing green transition: regional gaps, dynamic evolution, and decoupling effects of livestock environmental efficiency in China

by Li Ming Xiao Haifeng

Issue 5

Climate change

Investigating the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of livestock environmental efficiency and its decoupling effect is crucial for fostering the coordinated development of livestock economy and environmental sustainability. This study examines the spatiotemporal distribution, regional gaps, dynamic...

livestock environmental efficiency regional gaps +3 more
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Occurrence and drivers of Antibiotics in the rural-urban River Network: A case study of Hongze Lake basin, China

by Xi Shanshan He Rong Jiang Rongsheng Zhang Jiamei Zhang Hua Shuai Zicheng

Issue 5

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

The massive use of antibiotics and the consequent antibiotic pollution have become a major risk to river ecosystems, water quality, and human health. In this study, 28 antibiotics were analyzed in the rural-urban river water of Suzhou City, the inflow rivers of Hongze Lake. The total concentration...

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Research on Carbon Emission Peaks in Large Energy Production Region in China —Based on the Open STIRPAT Model

by Wang Zhiqiang Wu Qinglong Ma Shenglin

Issue 5

Environmental management and policy

The interdependence between different regions within a country has an important impact on the prediction of regional carbon emission peaks. In this paper, taking Shanxi Province, a large energy producing region in China, as an example, we select the driving factors to construct an open STIRPAT model...

open STIRPAT model，carbon peaking，forecasting， scenario analysis approach
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Study on the Initial Allocation of Carbon Emission Rights Applicable to China's National Conditions: from the Perspective of Comprehensive Principles

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An Xingcai et al. View all

Issue 5

Climate change

The scientific and reasonable allocation of initial carbon emission rights is the foundation of establishing and perfecting the carbon trading system, which is directly associated with the completion of carbon emission reduction targets. Guided by the rational distribution of China's carbon emission...

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The Impact of Climate Change on the Development of Circular Economy in China: A Perspective on Green Total Factor Productivity

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Xue Lei et al. View all

Issue 4

Circular Economy and Bioeconomy

In the process of China's transition to high-quality development, the circular economy, as a key strategy for achieving green growth, is of significant importance in addressing climate change and promoting sustainable development. This study employs the SBM-GML model to analyze the Green Total...

Circular economy Climate change +2 more
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Research on carbon emission efficiency and spatial-temporal factors in the transportation industry: Evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt

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Gang Zeng et al. View all

Issue 4

Air pollution and health

Severe climate problems have forced the Chinese government to put forward the goal of "carbon peak" and "carbon neutrality". The transport sector is a key area for carbon reduction. Based on this background, this paper constructs the Super-SBM model and the Malmquist-Luenberger index model...

Transportation industry Carbon emission efficiency +3 more
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The impacts of green finance on regional carbon emission：Evidence from China

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Lingjuan Xu Associate professor et al. View all

Issue 5

Environmental management and policy

Green finance has become an important tool for the low-carbon development in China. This research constructs a comprehensive indicator system, and carefully describes the spatial characteristics of green finance and carbon emissions in China from 2012 to 2021. Then, the dynamic SDM and the mediating...

carbon emission Green Finance +2 more
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Prediction intervals for carbon dioxide emissions in china by extreme learning machine ensemble based on particle swarm optimization

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Linwei Li et al. View all

Issue 4

Environmental data analysis and modelling

The emission of carbon dioxide is the major cause of the greenhouse effect, which has a negative impact on human survival and sustainable economic development; therefore, it is very significant for discovering the underlying influential factors of carbon dioxide emissions. In this paper, an extreme...

Extreme learning machine Carbon dioxide emissions +2 more
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Permeability characteristics and mechanism of tungsten tailings treated by the acid solutions

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Shanmei Li et al. View all

Issue 3

Air pollution and health

Most of the tungsten tailings (TTs) are filled in the open. As a result, the phenomenon that acid rain influences the engineering geological characteristics of tungsten tailings is impossible to avoid, especially in southern China, where acid rain occurs frequently. This work studied the...

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Evolutionary game analysis of enterprises’ green production behavior in the context of China’s economic green transformation

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Xue Lei et al. View all

Issue 3

Circular Economy and Bioeconomy

In the context of China's critical economic transition towards sustainability, this research employs a tripartite evolutionary game model involving government, enterprises, and environmental protection social organizations to investigate the evolutionary trajectory of enterprises' green production...

environmental social organizations corporate green production +4 more
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The Impact of Environmental Protection Tax Policy on the Financial Performance of Heavy Pollution Enterprises

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Kunjian Zhao et al. View all

Issue 3

Circular Economy and Bioeconomy

Leveraging the implementation of China's environmental protection tax (EPT) policy in 2018 as a focal point, this study employs a quasi-natural experiment via the double-difference method to investigate the EPT's impact on the financial performance (FP) of publicly listed companies in heavily...

EPT Heavy polluting enterprises +2 more
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Environmental regulation, hog scale production and the synergy of pollution control and carbon reduction

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Shiyan Qiao et al. View all

Issue 4

Environmental management and policy

The synergy of pollution control and carbon reduction is conducive to promoting the green transformation of the economy. Based on China’s 30 provincial administrative panel data from 2002 to 2020, using the elastic concept to measure the synergy index and the panel fixed effect model to carry out...

environmental regulation carbon emission +3 more
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Exploring and Assessing Construction Companies' ESG Performance in Sustainability

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Xue Lei et al. View all

Issue 3

Circular Economy and Bioeconomy

This study delves into exploring and assessing ESG (Economic, Social, and Governance) performance in construction companies, utilizing China State Construction Group Corporation as a prominent example. The research aims to provide insights into sustainable practices within the construction industry...

ESG performance Comprehensive framework +3 more
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