PSE Healthy Energy - In the Media

June 03, 2024

The Untapped Potential of Rooftop Solar on Nonresidential BuildingsElena Krieger, director of research at PSE Health Energy, an Oakland-based energy policy research group, said this research is important for understanding where there are opportunities to develop solar in low-income areas.

KQED

May 26, 2024

Gas stoves may contribute to early deaths and childhood asthma“Gas stoves create pollution in our homes, increasing the risk of childhood asthma and other respiratory problems for our families,” said Jenn Engstrom, state director for California Public Interest Research Group. “However, this risk has largely been hidden from the public."

The Madras Tribune

May 22, 2024

Gas stoves may contribute to early deaths and childhood asthma, new Stanford study findsFor decades, scientists have known the flames from a gas stovetop produce nitrogen dioxide, a pungent gas that can inflame a person’s lungs when inhaled. But for the first time, a team of researchers from Stanford University and Oakland-based research institute PSE Healthy Energy published a nationwide estimate of the long-term health consequences associated with cooking with natural gas and propane stoves.

Los Angeles Times

May 06, 2024

Gas stoves emit unsafe levels of nitrogen dioxideThe study, which also included insights from researchers at the Central California Asthma Collaborative, PSE Healthy Energy, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, estimates that up to 200,000 cases of childhood asthma may be linked to gas stove emissions.

Earth.com

May 03, 2024

People with gas and propane stoves breathe more unhealthy nitrogen dioxideHouseholds with gas or propane stoves regularly breathe unhealthy levels of nitrogen dioxide, a study of air pollution in U.S. homes found.

Stanford Report

May 03, 2024

We do not know how gas stoves are depleting our homes.?The papers report authors, including scientists from Central California Asthma Collaborative, PSE Healthy Energy, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, suggest that the combination of NO2 exposure caused by fossil-fuel burning is linked to around 200,000 current childhood asthma cases, with nitrogen dioxide making up one-quarter of them.

List 23

April 22, 2024

These eco-friendly Pittsburgh restaurants are putting in the work to be sustainableSquare Cafe's recent participation in groundbreaking research on kitchen air quality with PSE Healthy Energy further underscores its commitment to sustainability. It is the first restaurant in the U.S. to undergo such testing.

Pittsburgh City Paper

April 12, 2024

Colorado is latest state to try turning off the electrical grid to prevent wildfires − a complex, technical operation pioneered in CaliforniaMillions of Californians have experienced these shutdowns over the past decade. A 2023 review by PSE Healthy Energy, an independent research institute, found that the most-affected counties, mainly in Southern California, average four to five public safety outages yearly, which on average last 48 hours.

The Conversation

April 11, 2024

Explosive levels of methane have been detected near a Berkeley landfill-turned-park“That is a significant concern from a safety perspective,” said Seth Shonkoff, director of the Oakland-based nonprofit research group PSE Healthy Energy. “Unless there’s some sort of subsurface migration of methane to the surface, you should not see that level of that magnitude, ever.”

Los Angeles Times

March 27, 2024

Berkeley halts landmark natural gas ban after legal fightGas ban supporters have also cited public health as a rationale. A 2023 study from Stanford University and nonprofit PSE Healthy Energy found that cooking with gas stoves can expose people to roughly the same cancer risk as breathing secondhand cigarette smoke.

Los Angeles Times

March 21, 2024

For residents of Clairton, progress on air quality feels a long way off“We wanted to answer the question of whether decreases in emissions have been equitable across demographic groups,” said Yanelli Núñez, an environmental health scientist at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, who was the lead author of the study.

Pennsylvania Capital-Star

March 18, 2024

The steel industry is important, but is it worth kids getting asthma?“We found that the median household income plays a major role in the decrease of emissions for all pollution sectors, except agriculture,” said Núñez, who is also a scientist at PSE Healthy Energy, a nonprofit research institute. “The higher that income the larger the decrease in emissions.”

PennLive.com

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