Environmental Quality and the U.S. Power Sector: Air Quality, Land Use and Environmental Justice
- Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- U.S. Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC (United States)
This baseline report summarizes key environmental quality issues associated with electricity generation, transmission, distribution, and end use in the United States. Its scope includes non-greenhouse gas air pollution (i.e., sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter and hazardous air pollutants), land use, water pollution, ecological impacts, human health, and environmental justice. The discussion characterizes both current impacts and recent trends, as well as assessments of key drivers of change. For example, the air emissions section includes a quantitative decomposition analysis of the drivers of change in sulfur dioxide emissions reductions from coal-fired power plants. The report is divided into four topical sections: air emissions, land use and ecology, water quality, and environmental justice.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Building Technologies Research and Integration Center (BTRIC)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; AC05-06OR23100
- OSTI ID:
- 1339359
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/SPR-2016/772; EP0100000; PIPE211
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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