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T1 The Environmental Impacts of Production and Use of Energy Part I: Fossil Fuels
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 coal
K1 oil and gas industry
K1 oil sand
K1 environmental impact assessment
K1 pollutant
K1 fossil fuel
K1 sulphur oxide
K1 nitrogen oxide
K1 carbon
K1 carbon dioxide
K1  Energy Efficiency
K1 Persistent Organic Pollutants
K1 Pollution
YR 1979
FD 1979-09
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/30579
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/30579
NO The present report was prepared by Dr. Esnam El-Hinnawi of the UN' secretariat on the basis of contributions written by a number of scientists and information compiled by UNEP. It was reviewed by an international panel of experts that met in Warsaw in April, 1978 and revised and finalized according to the comments of the members of the panel. It deals with the environmental impacts of the production, transportation and use of fossil fuels and is the first in a. series of studies an the environmental impacts of different sources of energy, The second report in the series, dealing with the environmental impacts of nuclear energy, is being published, whilethe third report, on renewable sources of energy, is in preparation. A fourth report concluding this series of studies will aim at a comparative assessment of the environmental impacts of these various sources of energy, and will be published in 1980.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 16, 2026