Selecting data analytic and modeling methods to support air pollution and environmental justice investigations: A critical review and guidance framework

R Gardner-Frolick, D Boyd, A Giang - Environmental Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Given the serious adverse health effects associated with many pollutants, and the
inequitable distribution of these effects between socioeconomic groups, air pollution is often …

PM2.5 polluters disproportionately and systemically affect people of color in the United States

CW Tessum, DA Paolella, SE Chambliss, JS Apte… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Racial-ethnic minorities in the United States are exposed to disproportionately high levels of
ambient fine particulate air pollution (PM2. 5), the largest environmental cause of human …

Integrating air quality and public health benefits in US decarbonization strategies

CL Gallagher, T Holloway - Frontiers in public health, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Research on air quality and human health “co-benefits” from climate mitigation strategies
represents a growing area of policy-relevant scholarship. Compared to other aspects of …

Mortality risk from United States coal electricity generation

L Henneman, C Choirat, I Dedoussi, F Dominici… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Policy-makers seeking to limit the impact of coal electricity-generating units (EGUs, also
known as power plants) on air quality and climate justify regulations by quantifying the …

Reducing mortality from air pollution in the United States by targeting specific emission sources

SK Thakrar, S Balasubramanian… - … & Technology Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
Air quality in the United States has dramatically improved, yet exposure to air pollution is still
associated with 100000–200000 deaths annually. Reducing the number of deaths …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the health impacts of electric vehicles through air pollution in the United States

EF Choma, JS Evans, JK Hammitt… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
The environmental consequences of electric vehicles (EV) have been extensively studied,
but the literature on their health impacts is scant. At the same time, fine particulate matter …

Inefficient building electrification will require massive buildout of renewable energy and seasonal energy storage

JJ Buonocore, P Salimifard, Z Magavi, JG Allen - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Building electrification is essential to many full-economy decarbonization pathways.
However, current decarbonization modeling in the United States (US) does not incorporate …

Fine particulate matter damages and value added in the US economy

P Tschofen, IL Azevedo… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Emissions of most pollutants that result in fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) formation have
been decreasing in the United States. However, this trend has not been uniform across all …

Fine particulate air pollution from electricity generation in the US: health impacts by race, income, and geography

MPS Thind, CW Tessum, IL Azevedo… - … Science & Technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Electricity generation is a large contributor to fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) air pollution.
However, the demographic distribution of the resulting exposure is largely unknown. We …

Human-health impacts of controlling secondary air pollution precursors

HOT Pye, KW Appel, KM Seltzer… - … science & technology …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Exposure to ozone and fine particle (PM2. 5) air pollution results in premature death. These
pollutants are predominantly secondary in nature and can form from nitrogen oxides (NO x) …