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PSE Healthy Energy Awarded Grant from the California Energy Commission

Adrienne Underwood — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 23:28:26 +0000

Scientists to Evaluate Social Costs and Non-Energy Benefits of California’s Clean Energy Goals OAKLAND, CA – The California Energy Commission (CEC) has selected PSE Healthy Energy to support their development of social cost and non-energy benefit metrics for the deployment of clean energy resources. These metrics will be used to evaluate scenarios for achieving California’s clean energy goals…

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2023 Year in Review

Adrienne Underwood — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 19:47:53 +0000

As we begin the new year, we find ourselves stepping into an exciting new chapter at PSE Healthy Energy. In 2023, we welcomed eleven (yes 11!) new staff members to our team. Their exceptional drive and expertise, paired with investments in state-of-the-art air quality research technology, open new possibilities in scientific inquiry and enhance our capacity for impact. It is also my great pleasure…

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Case Study on Gas Stove Research

Warren Stokes II — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 23:49:26 +0000

PSE Healthy Energy is leading cutting-edge scientific research on the link between methane emissions, air pollution, and public health. As part of this work, our scientists have collected samples of natural gas from kitchen stoves around the globe, compiling the most comprehensive data to date on the presence of hazardous air pollutants in distribution-level natural gas. Our findings have gained…

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Case Study on Climate Resilience

Warren Stokes II — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 19:39:33 +0000

PSE researchers are developing publicly-available tools to evaluate potential climate resilience solutions, particularly in disadvantaged communities. In 2023, our researchers released a series of publicly-available interactive maps and educational resources to provide Californian’s with in-depth data on a range of factors on local climate risk, including energy reliability and population…

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Case Study on Community Consulting

Warren Stokes II — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 19:39:35 +0000

Energy industries have far-reaching impacts on communities across the United States, yet communities often lack access to scientifically rigorous and regionally-relevant information on the local impacts of energy industries. In 2023, PSE Healthy Energy launched the Community Consulting Center to help bring science to communities. Through the Community Consulting Center…

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Keeping the Lights on During Extreme Weather

Warren Stokes II — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 00:39:45 +0000

Weather-driven power outages have doubled in the United States over the past 20 years. As climate change intensifies extreme weather events, power outages compound the public health and safety risks faced by communities, and particularly by vulnerable populations like low-income families, children, and the elderly. Many communities are seeking to meet these challenges by increasing their energy…

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Scientist Dispatch: Signs of a Changing Climate in Antarctica

Warren Stokes II — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 23:41:33 +0000

Antarctica is a magnificent, massive frozen landmass that plays an integral role in balancing Earth’s climate and ocean systems. The Antarctic ice sheet, covering an area larger than the United States and Mexico combined, absorbs as much as 75 percent of the earth’s excess heat and 40 percent of human-generated carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions taken up by the global oceans. No native peoples have…

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Planning for Affordability

Warren Stokes II — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 23:26:25 +0000

Electricity bills in the U.S. jumped five percent on average last year—the largest annual increase on record. Such increases can be particularly hard on low-income households who may face impossible choices between paying utility bills and paying for other essentials such as rent, food, or medicine. To ease the burden on consumers, state and federal policymakers have pumped billions into bill…

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Natural Gas and Human Health: Reheating an Old Debate

Warren Stokes II — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 23:08:39 +0000

Few household appliances are as incendiary as the gas stove. After consuming national headlines for weeks in early 2023, many Americans are aware that research links gas-burning stoves to hazardous air pollutants and adverse health impacts, such as asthma. Yet nearly 40 million households across the United States still rely on natural gas to cook. And while some state and city governments have…

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Bringing Science to Communities

Warren Stokes II — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 22:00:34 +0000

From the coal mining towns of the Appalachia to the boomtowns of the Permian Basin, energy industries have far-reaching impacts on communities across the United States. Indeed, how regions source and generate electricity effects everything from utility bills to the health of local environments and populations. Despite their importance, many communities lack access to scientifically rigorous and…

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