Jonathan J. Buonocore

Nick Mailloux, PhD @nckmllx.bsky.social · 4d

New preprint up assessing the air quality and health benefits that could have been possible under the Inflation Reduction Act.

Huge effort here with Erin Mayfield, Jamil Farbes, @jessedjenkins.com, Ryan Jones, Tracey Holloway, and @jonathanpatz.bsky.social.

Air quality and health effects of U.S. energy transitions

Transitioning the U.S. energy system has the potential to improve public health by reducing ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure. We develop an integrated modeling framework, coupling ener...

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Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · 10d

Anyone else at #AGU25 notice that there’s way less GeoHealth than last year, and I think a lot more geoengineering (both SRM/SAI and GHG reduction type)? @doctorvive.bsky.social ? @costasamaras.com ? Am I hallucinating?

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · 12d

Of course it’s in Pennsylvania…

Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 14d

On the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, you’re going to hear a lot about the progress we’ve made — people saying we “are” heading to 2.5 degrees heating instead of four.

I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.

🧵

Timothy Ciesielski @timcies.bsky.social · 15d

MPH students in Health Care Finance 101 learn in the first 5 minutes of the first class, that the cheapest, most efficient, & fairest possible finance model is a single payer system. Then the professor says: we will spend the next 3 months discussing why this will not be allowed to happen in the US.

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · 16d

tl;dr can we turn this into Loss and Damage financing?

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · 16d

I'm sure there's about 68419489 ways this could go poorly, but can we use this to hold misinformation factories accountable? If people are making false predictions, can someone else make an evidence-based one, and then either win the bet or shame the purveyor if they don't put money down?

Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability @bu-igs.bsky.social · 17d

@jjbuonocore.bsky.social talks to cbsnews.com about his #NewStudy revealing that nearly 47 million Americans live within about a mile of #FossilFuel infrastructure. The study is a key first step toward better understanding potential associated #health effects:

Nearly 47 million Americans at risk of health hazards from fossil fuel infrastructure, study finds

Researchers with Boston University have found that 46.6 million people in the U.S. live within a mile of fossil fuel infrastructure. So what does that mean for their health? Jonathan Buonocore, assist...

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Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · 22d

lol I feel like it did like 6 times today

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · 22d

Praise Shai Hulud

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · 28d

We fixed climate change everybody!

A small park covered in snow, with a lot of snow actively falling. There is a black pickup truck stopped at an intersection in the background with a prominent stop sign

Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania @psrpennsylvania.bsky.social · Nov 19

NEW STUDY: More than 14% of people in the contiguous United States reside within a mile of at least one piece of #FossilFuel infrastructure. Authors: @jjbuonocore.bsky.social & @marydwillis.bsky.social. @bostonu.bsky.social

Nearly 47 Million Americans Are at High Risk of Potential Health Hazards from Fossil Fuel Infrastructure | Institute for Global Sustainability

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Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Nov 18

With @anorisarma.bsky.social @patriciafabian.bsky.social @erincampbell234.bsky.social and a bunch of other lovely people who are not on here. Study supported by @bu-igs.bsky.social and @busph.bsky.social

Thread inspired by @mattmotta.bsky.social

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Nov 18

This study highlights both a major environmental justice issue, and a major major gap in the research! This infrastructure could be a major driver of health impacts in these communities, a major driver of environmental justice issues, and yet another benefit of transitioning away from fossil fuels

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Nov 18

But we do know that there are known hazards – carcinogenic compounds including benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, and xylene (BTEX) among many others have been found throughout the oil & gas supply chain, so communities all along the supply chain could be exposed.

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Nov 18

What exactly are people exposed to? And what type of health impacts might these communities be experiencing? We don't know! There's very little research on health impacts around these types of infrastructure, so we don't know what people are exposed or what's going on there..

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Nov 18

Second, there are also some populations that are very highly exposed, with 28.5 million people exposed to more than one element of infrastructure and 9.38 million people exposed to more than one type of fossil fuel energy infrastructure. These populations are exposed to a higher variety of hazards..

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Nov 18

First, it's a major environmental justice issue! We found major disparities, with census blocks with high proportions of Black, Hispanic/Latino, Indigenous American, or Asian populations more likely to have fossil fuel energy infrastructure located in it.

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Nov 18

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It's all over!!

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Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Nov 18

@marydwillis.bsky.social and I published a paper published today in Environmental Research Letters! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... We found that about 46.6 million people in the US, or about 14.1% of the US population, live within a mile of a piece of energy infrastructure. Why do we care? 🛟 |💡🔌

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Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Nov 17

and very poorly understood health impacts in those communities!!

Thanks for posting about our study though!

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Nov 17

We're doing our best!!

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Nov 17

It is almost like that!!

David Roberts @volts.wtf · Nov 17

"Our results represent a substantial population in the U.S. that is potentially exposed to hazards that are not well-characterized, with unknown cumulative impacts, and which constitute a major environmental justice issue."

Wow, it's like ... racism ... but almost ... *systemic* ...

David Roberts @volts.wtf · Nov 17

"Our results represent a substantial population in the U.S. that is potentially exposed to hazards that are not well-characterized, with unknown cumulative impacts, and which constitute a major environmental justice issue."

Wow, it's like ... racism ... but almost ... *systemic* ...

Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability @bu-igs.bsky.social · Nov 17

NEW STUDY: More than 14% of people in the contiguous United States reside within a mile of at least one piece of #FossilFuel infrastructure. Authors: @jjbuonocore.bsky.social & @marydwillis.bsky.social. @bostonu.bsky.social

Story: www.bu.edu/igs/2025/11/...

New Study: Nearly 47 Million Americans Live Within a Mile of Fossil Fuel Infrastructure
This is the first study to examine populations living near fossil fuel infrastructure across all stages of the supply chain.

Tzeporah Berman @tzeporah.bsky.social · Nov 12

This new @amnesty.org study is damning.

A quarter of the world’s population lives within a 3 mile radius if a fossil fuel project. That’s 2b people.

We must end this era of greed and harm.

www.downtoearth.org.in/amp/story/cl...

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Nov 7

Build wind farms for the asthma prevention!!

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Nov 4

Our new paper! Building electrification can be good for health too – the more renewables on the grid, the better it is. 🛟 | #energysky

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... with @joeallenjoe.bsky.social and other lovely people who aren't on here

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Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Oct 29

NREL is a national treasure 💡🔌

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SLOPE

The State and Local Planning for Energy (SLOPE) Platform delivers jurisdictionally resolved potential and projection data on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainable transportation to enab...

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