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ArticleGeoHealth2019

Health and Environmental Justice Implications of Retiring Two Coal-Fired Power Plants in the Southern Front Range Region of Colorado.

Sheena E Martenies, Ali Akherati, Shantanu Jathar, Sheryl Magzamen

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Article in GeoHealth, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Reductions in Respiratory Hospital Visits after a Coal Coking Plant Closure: A Natural Experiment.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2025
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  3. Energy Storage as an Equity Asset.Current sustainable/renewable energy reports · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sheena E MarteniesDepartment of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences Colorado State University Fort Collins CO USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9206-5132
Ali AkheratiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering Colorado State University Fort Collins CO USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2919-2179
Shantanu JatharDepartment of Mechanical Engineering Colorado State University Fort Collins CO USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4106-2358
Sheryl MagzamenDepartment of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences Colorado State University Fort Collins CO USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2874-3530

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite improvements in air quality over the past 50 years, ambient air pollution remains an important public health issue in the United States. In particular, emissions from coal-fired power plants still have a substantial impact on both nearby and regional populations. Of particular concern is the potential for this impact to fall disproportionately on low-income communities and communities of color. We conducted a quantitative health impact assessment to estimate the health benefits of the proposed decommissioning of two coal-fired electricity generating stations in the Southern Front Range region of Colorado. We estimated changes in exposures to fine particulate matter and ozone using the Community Multiscale Air Quality model and predicted avoided health impacts and related economic values. We also quantitatively assessed the distribution of these benefits by population-level socioeconomic status. Across the study area, decommissioning the power plants would result in 2 (95% CI: 1-3) avoided premature deaths each year due to reduced PM

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ambient air pollutioncommunity multiscale air quality modeleconomic assessmentenvironmental justicehealth impact assessmentinequality metrics

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PMID32159046
PMCPMC7007175

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