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 …

[HTML][HTML] Estimated health effects from domestic use of gaseous fuels for cooking and heating in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: a systematic …

E Puzzolo, N Fleeman, F Lorenzetti… - The Lancet …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Exposure to household air pollution from polluting domestic fuel (solid fuel and
kerosene) represents a substantial global public health burden and there is an urgent need …

Nitrogen dioxide exposure, health outcomes, and associated demographic disparities due to gas and propane combustion by US stoves

Y Kashtan, M Nicholson, CJ Finnegan, Z Ouyang… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Gas and propane stoves emit nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution indoors, but the exposures of
different US demographic groups are unknown. We estimate NO2 exposure and health …

Gas and propane combustion from stoves emits benzene and increases indoor air pollution

YS Kashtan, M Nicholson, C Finnegan… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Exposure pathways to the carcinogen benzene are well-established from tobacco smoke, oil
and gas development, refining, gasoline pum**, and gasoline and diesel combustion …

Indoor air sources of outdoor air pollution: health consequences, policy, and recommendations: an official American Thoracic Society workshop report

NJ Nassikas, MC McCormack, G Ewart… - Annals of the …, 2024 - atsjournals.org
Indoor sources of air pollution worsen indoor and outdoor air quality. Thus, identifying and
reducing indoor pollutant sources would decrease both indoor and outdoor air pollution …

NPCC4: Climate change and New York City's health risk

T Matte, K Lane, JF Tipaldo, J Barnes, K Knowlton… - 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter of the New York City Panel on Climate Change 4 (NPCC4) report considers
climate health risks, vulnerabilities, and resilience strategies in New York City's unique …

Liquefied petroleum gas or biomass for cooking and effects on birth weight

TF Clasen, HH Chang, LM Thompson… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Exposure during pregnancy to household air pollution caused by the burning of
solid biomass fuel is associated with adverse health outcomes, including low birth weight …

[HTML][HTML] Ten questions concerning building electrification

T Li, MA Shapiro, M Heidarinejad, B Stephens - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Building electrification is the movement to shift building operational energy use from fossil
fuels toward electricity. It has been pursued mainly to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) …

Composition, emissions, and air quality impacts of hazardous air pollutants in unburned natural gas from residential stoves in California

ED Lebel, DR Michanowicz, KR Bilsback… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The presence of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) entrained in end-use natural gas (NG) is
an understudied source of human health risks. We performed trace gas analyses on 185 …

Fossil-fuel and food systems equally dominate anthropogenic methane emissions in China

S Liu, K Liu, K Wang, X Chen, K Wu - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Understanding fossil-fuel/food production and consumption patterns is the first step toward
reducing the climate impacts of associated methane (CH4) emissions but remains unclear in …