Apr

19

Nuclear Power Shutdown Study Focuses On Increased Deaths

April 19, 2023 | Leave a Comment

A Massachusetts Institute of Technology new study shows that if U.S. nuclear power plants are retired, the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas to fill the energy gap could cause more than 5,000 premature deaths. The MIT team took on the questions in the text following in a new study appearing in Nature Energy. […]

Sep

1

Air Pollution Drives More Electricity Demand

September 1, 2020 | Leave a Comment

A new National University of Singapore study reveals that households respond to ambient air pollution by increasing electricity consumption. That in turn increases the pollution and carbon emissions that are co-produced in supplying the electricity. The study, set in Singapore, conducted by Associate Professor Alberto Salvo from the Department of Economics at the National University […]

Dec

16

Renewable Electric Powered Vehicles Are Shown to Save Lives

December 16, 2014 | 1 Comment

University of Minnesota (UM) researchers found that vehicles using electricity from renewable energy could reduce the deaths due to air pollution by 70 percent. The study isn’t exactly simple. The findings come from a new life cycle analysis of conventional and alternative vehicles and their air pollution-related public health impacts. From another view the study […]

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