Water insecurity tradeoffs: US drinking water systems during the COVID-19 pandemic

B Fincher, W Jepson, JPC Connors - Water Security, 2023 - Elsevier
Public health, economic, and social disruptions caused by the pandemic extended to
essential public services, including water supply. This paper examines how the pandemic …

Factors limiting US public health emergency authority during COVID‐19

X Zhang, ME Warner, G Meredith - The International Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Since the onset of the COVID‐19 pandemic, many states in the United States have limited
emergency public health authority. These limits could undermine public health efforts and …

Unsafe temperatures, going without necessities, and unpayable bills: energy insecurity of people with disabilities in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic

C Friedman - Energy Research & Social Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Energy insecurity disproportionately impacts households of people with disabilities, which is
especially harmful for people with disabilities who rely on electric medical devices to live or …

Water pricing and affordability in the US: public vs. private ownership

X Zhang, M González Rivas, M Grant, ME Warner - Water Policy, 2022 - iwaponline.com
We examined the 500 largest community water systems in the US to explore whether
ownership is related to annual water bills, and the percent of income that low-income …

Challenging austerity under the COVID-19 state

ME Warner, PM Kelly, X Zhang - Cambridge Journal of Regions …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The COVID-19 pandemic represented a short-term shift in US social policy. Under the
CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the federal government prioritised …

The high health risks of unaffordable water: An in-depth exploration of pathways from water bill burden to health-related impacts in the United States

M Sarango, L Senier, SL Harlan - PLoS Water, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Access to clean and safe water is essential for human health and well-being, but recent and
substantial increases in the cost of water for residential customers in the United States …

COVID-19 vaccination and racial/ethnic inequities in mortality at midlife in Minnesota

E Wrigley-Field, KM Berry, AC Stokes… - American journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Recent research underscores the exceptionally young age distribution of
COVID-19 deaths in the US compared with that of international peers. This paper …

Key issues in water privatization and remunicipalization

ME Warner - Utilities Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
This special issue analyzes privatization in water with an emphasis on recent US experience
but set in the international context. Historically, the key questions around water privatization …

Political economy of the COVID-19 pandemic: how state policies shape county-level disparities in COVID-19 deaths

Y Sun, EM Bisesti - Socius, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The authors examine how two state-level coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) policy
indices (one capturing economic support and one capturing stringency measures such as …

Planning for FEWsheds: the role of planning in integrating and strengthening food, energy and water systems

C Brinkley, S Raj, S Raja - Journal of Planning Literature, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
As climate change and increased frequency of extreme weather events threaten local and
national Food, Energy and Waters (FEW) systems, policymakers and planners are asked to …