[HTML][HTML] Historical red-lining is associated with fossil fuel power plant siting and present-day inequalities in air pollutant emissions

LJ Cushing, S Li, BB Steiger, JA Casey - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
Stationary sources of air pollution are disproportionately located in communities of colour,
but the causes for this disparity are unclear. Here we assess whether racialized appraisals …

Historical redlining is associated with present-day air pollution disparities in US cities

HM Lane, R Morello-Frosch, JD Marshall… - … science & technology …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Communities of color in the United States are systematically exposed to higher levels of air
pollution. We explore here how redlining, a discriminatory mortgage appraisal practice from …

[HTML][HTML] Air pollution disparities and equality assessments of US national decarbonization strategies

T Goforth, D Nock - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Energy transitions and decarbonization require rapid changes to a nation's electricity
generation mix. There are many feasible decarbonization pathways for the electricity sector …

Energy inequity variation across contexts

R Best - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents a framework to identify which household-energy outcomes are more
likely to display injustice. Inequity is more likely when variation is pronounced at the lower …

The roles of energy markets and environmental regulation in reducing coal‐fired plant profits and electricity sector emissions

J Linn, K McCormack - The RAND Journal of Economics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Between 2005 and 2015, US electricity sector emissions of nitrogen oxides and sulfur
dioxide, which harm human health and the environment, declined by two thirds, and many …

[HTML][HTML] Linking environmental injustices in Detroit, MI to institutional racial segregation through historical federal redlining

A Shkembi, LM Smith, RL Neitzel - Journal of Exposure Science & …, 2022 - nature.com
Objectives To identify the most pervasive environmental exposures driving environmental
disparities today associated with historical redlining in Detroit. Methods We overlaid Detroit's …

[HTML][HTML] Racial inequity in household energy efficiency and carbon emissions in the United States: An emissions paradox

B Goldstein, TG Reames, JP Newell - Energy Research & Social Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Residential energy use represents roughly 17% of annual greenhouse gas emissions in the
United States (US). Studies show that legacy housing policies and financial lending …

[HTML][HTML] An environmental justice analysis of air pollution emissions in the United States from 1970 to 2010

Y Nunez, J Benavides, JA Shearston… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Over the last decades, air pollution emissions have decreased substantially; however,
inequities in air pollution persist. We evaluate county-level racial/ethnic and socioeconomic …

Unequal trajectories: Racial and class differences in residential exposure to industrial hazard

J Pais, K Crowder, L Downey - Social Forces, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The unequal exposure to industrial hazards via differential residential attainment and/or
differential sitings of toxic facilities is a long-standing environmental justice issue. This study …

The climate and health effects of a USA switch from coal to gas electricity generation

R Lueken, K Klima, WM Griffin, J Apt - Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Abundant natural gas at low prices has prompted industry and politicians to welcome gas as
a 'bridge fuel'between today's coal-intensive electric power generation and a future low …