Quantifying air quality co-benefits to industrial decarbonization

The local Air Emissions Tracking Atlas

Bibliographic Data

ID22080883
AuthorsAmy B Jordan, Amy Jordan (0000-0002-9403-7706, Carbon Solutions (United States), corresponding author), D Rodríguez (0000-0001-8465-5378, Carbon Solutions (United States)), Daniel S Rodriguez, Judith A Bennett (0000-0002-2426-7071, Carbon Solutions (United States)), Jeffrey A Bennett, Kat Sale, K E Sale (0009-0001-2639-2431, Carbon Solutions (United States)), Christopher Gilhooley (0009-0006-0772-6324, Carbon Solutions (United States))
Year2024
Volume12
Pages1394678-1394678
Publication date2024-05-24
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
PublisherFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2024.1394678
PMID38855452
OpenAlexW4398781732
LanguageEN
References cited23

Introduction Many decarbonization technologies have the added co-benefit of reducing short-lived climate pollutants, such as particulate matter (PM), nitrogen oxides (NO x ), and sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), creating a unique opportunity for identifying strategies that promote both climate change solutions and opportunities for air quality improvement. However, stakeholders and decision-makers may struggle to quantify how these co-benefits will impact public health for the communities most affected by industrial air pollution. Methods To address this problem, the LOCal Air Emissions Tracking Atlas ( LOCAETA ) fills a data availability and analysis gap by providing estimated air quality benefits from industrial decarbonization options, such as carbon capture and storage (CCS). These co-benefits are calculated using an algorithm that connects disparate datasets that separately report greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants at U.S. industrial facilities. Results Version 1.0 of LOCAETA displays the estimated primary PM 2.5 emission reduction co-benefits from additional pretreatment equipment for CCS on industrial and power facilities across the state of Louisiana, as well as the potential for VOC and NH 3 generation. The emission reductions are presented in the tool alongside facility pollutant emissions information and relevant air quality, environmental, demographic, and public health datasets, such as air toxics cancer risk, satellite and in situ pollutant measurements, and population vulnerability metrics. Discussion LOCAETA enables regulators, policymakers, environmental justice communities, and industrial and commercial users to compare and contrast quantifiable public health benefits due to air quality impacts from various climate change mitigation strategies using a free and publicly-available tool. Additional pollutant reductions can be calculated using the same methodology and will be available in future versions of the tool

Air pollutants · Air pollution · Air quality index · Business · Climate change · Climate change mitigation · Criteria air contaminants · Environmental economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Greenhouse gas · Meteorology · Particulates · Pollutant · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Environmental Science · Environmental Engineering

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