Our EWC seminar on this Friday, Sep 16, will feature Dr. Kristen Brown from the US EPA. A title and abstract are included at the end of this message. Please join us in Mann 304 from 11:45am-12:35pm.

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Title: The Benefits of Internalizing Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Externalities in the US Energy System

Abstract: The emission of pollutants from energy use has effects on both local air quality and global climate, but the price of energy does not reflect these externalities. This study aims to analyze the effect that internalizing these externalities in the cost of energy would have on the US energy system, emissions, and human health. In this study, we model different policy scenarios in which fees are added to emission related to generation and use of energy. The fees are based on values of damages estimated in the literature and are applied to upstream and combustion emissions related to energy. The emissions in 2045 are incorporated into a continental-scale atmospheric chemistry and transport model, CMAQ, to determine the change in air quality due to different emissions reduction scenarios. A benefit analysis tool, BenMAP, is used with the air quality results to determine the health impacts and monetary benefit of emissions reductions related to the improved air quality.​