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September 2012
Policies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions can yield substantial co-benefits via reduced emissions of co-pollutants such as particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and air toxics. Valuation studies suggest that these benefits may be comparable in magnitude to the value of reduced carbon emissions. However, co-pollutant intensity (the ratio of co-benefits to carbon dioxide emissions) varies across...
December 2011
A literature-based white paper that discusses the range of potential health benefits that could be gained by people of color in the three cities
as a result of proposed EPA regulations. The paper considers the impact on reduced exposures to PM2.5 and ozone pollution, and the potential for reductions in premature deaths due to respiratory and cardiovascular conditions, and lung cancer. There is...
October 2010
As a result of the BP oil rig explosion, millions of gallons of oil per day spewed into the Gulf of Mexico over a period of two and a half months, creating widespread economic, environmental and health consequences. Regional community advocates report that minority communities — Asian American, African American and Latino — have been disproportionately impacted. While they have been...
News
March 2013
Infrastructure investments will have an outsized impact on job creation among Latinos and African Americans, according to a new issue brief from EPI Director of Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy Algernon Austin.
In Infrastructure Investments and Latino and African American Job Creation, Austin outlines how infrastructure investments can help create jobs among people of color, who were...
September 2012
Moving toward energy independence and improving minorities vantage point in the energy industry were some of the issues discussed during the “Solving the Energy Equation: Demand, Supply, Infrastructure and how it Impacts our Communities” panel at the 2012 Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference last Friday.
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Dr. Georges C. Benjamin, executive director of the...
December 2011
A report by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health provides an expanded review of six new air quality regulations proposed or recently adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA). These include the first national standards for reducing dangerous emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants from power plants.
Though the cost of...
Press Release
October 2012
The Joint Center, in partnership with Ecotrust, recently hosted a launch event to release the groundbreaking report entitled, Cooling the Planet, Clearing the Air: Should Climate Policies Give Extra Credit for Maximizing Short-term Health Benefits? by Professors Manuel Pastor and James Boyce. The Honorable James E. Clyburn, the Assistant Democratic Leader in the House of Representatives,...
September 2012
Expanding climate change mitigation approaches beyond greenhouse gases to also target related pollutants would have enormous public health benefits in the nation’s most disadvantaged communities, according to a report released today by E3 Network and the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
The report, Cooling the Planet, Clearing the Air: Climate Policy, Carbon Pricing, and...
August 2012
The new automobile fuel efficiency standards are good for the nation and especially welcome in communities of color. Any time we can make major advancements in cleaning the air and reducing the emissions that cause climate change—as these standards will do—we will see an enormous positive impact on people of color, whom studies show are the most adversely impacted by dirty air and the...
Video
April 2012
This Joint Center webinar features U.S. experts and Mexican leaders who successfully advocated for Mexico's new global warming legislation, highlighting key features of the law and its potential impact on U.S. and international climate politics.
The full webinar can be found here (registration required).
