Evaluating equity and justice in low-carbon energy transitions

S Kime, V Jacome, D Pellow… - Environmental Research …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
A low-carbon energy transition is essential for mitigating climate change, but can also cause
energy justice and equity impacts on Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), low …

The influence of PM2.5 exposure on kidney diseases

W Xu, S Wang, L Jiang, X Sun… - Human & …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The harm of air pollution to public health has become a research hotspot, especially
atmospheric fine-particulate matter (PM2. 5). In recent years, epidemiological investigations …

Rain, rain, go away: 194 potential exclusion‐restriction violations for studies using weather as an instrumental variable

J Mellon - American Journal of Political Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Instrumental variable (IV) analysis relies on the exclusion restriction—that the instrument
only affects the dependent variable via its relationship with the independent variable and not …

Designing Retirement Strategies for Coal-Fired Power Plants To Mitigate Air Pollution and Health Impacts

C Campos Morales, EL Pakhtigian… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Retiring coal power plants can reduce air pollution and health damages. However, the
spatial distribution of those impacts remains unclear due to complex power system …

Air pollution effects on adult mortality rate in developing countries

NA Ahmad, NW Ismail, SF Ahmad Sidique… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Although industrialisation is a crucial aspect of economic growth across developing nations,
through the release of air contaminants, industrial activities may also create adverse …

Higher levels of no-till agriculture associated with lower PM2. 5 in the Corn Belt

AP Behrer, D Lobell - Environmental Research Letters, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
No-till approaches to agricultural soil management have been encouraged as a means of
reducing soil erosion, reducing water pollution, and increasing carbon sequestration. An …

Short-term exposure to fine particulate pollution and elderly mortality in Chile

P Busch, P Rocha, KJ Lee, LA Cifuentes… - Communications Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) is known to cause adverse health outcomes.
Most of the evidence has been derived from developed countries, with lower pollution levels …

Open-source methods for estimating health risks of fine particulate matter from coal-fired power plants: A demonstration from Karachi, Pakistan

A Radford, JA Geddes, K Gallagher… - … Impact Assessment Review, 2021 - Elsevier
Environmental impact assessments (EIAs) effectiveness and accessibility by the public is
determined by local environmental enforcement and regulation. Massive energy …

Political Institutions, Energy Transitions, and Air Quality: Evidence from Global Urban Areas

CB Martinez-Alvarez - Journal of Political Institutions and …, 2024 - nowpublishers.com
What explains that some countries and cities provide more local environmental public
goods, such as good air quality, than others? Research in political science has emphasized …

Ambient PM2. 5 and cardiopulmonary mortality in the oldest-old people in China: A national time-stratified case-crossover study

C Wu, G He, W Wu, R Meng, C Zhou, G Bai, M Yu… - Med, 2024 - cell.com
Background Evidence on the associations of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) with
cardiopulmonary mortality in the oldest-old (aged 80+ years) people remains limited …