Valuing the Wind: Renewable Energy Policies and Air Pollution Avoided

How Will Wind Energy Affect Air Pollution?

Wind turbines generate electricity without directly emitting air pollutants that are known to affect the climate and human health. Wind turbines, however, do not operate in a vacuum. They are integrated into the larger electrical grid that includes coal and nuclear plants, natural gas turbines, hydroelectric dams, solar panels and other technologies. The interactions between these electricity s...

Valuing Air Pollution in Britain

This study explores the relationship between happiness and air pollution in Britain using data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS). The effects of air pollution on individuals’ happiness are estimated and their monetary value is calculated. In particular, three air pollutants are examined in this paper; the sulphur dioxide (SO2), the ground-level ozone (O3) and the nitrogen dioxides ...

Valuing the Unknown: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Air Pollution

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Valuing the health impacts from particulate air pollution in Tianjin

Although China has made dramatic economic progress in recent years, air pollution continues to be the most visible environmental problem and imposes significant health and economic costs on society. Using data on pollutant concentration and population for 2003, this paper estimates the economic costs of health related effects due to particulate air pollution in urban areas of Tianjin, China. Ex...

Air pollution: health hazards and policies.