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U.S. West Coast droughts and heat waves exacerbate pollution inequality and can evade emission control policies

Droughts reduce hydropower production and heatwaves increase electricity demand, forcing power system operators to rely more on fossil fuel power plants. However, less is known about how droughts and heat waves impact the county level distribution of health damages from power plant emissions. Using...

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Autores principales: Zeighami, Amir, Kern, Jordan, Yates, Andrew J., Weber, Paige, Bruno, August A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10036627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36959187
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37080-0