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I am looking for a version of this graph of global CO2 emissions by region, but projected out to 2050, for example using the @iea.org's World Energy Outlook or similar. Does anyone know if this exists?

Thanks in advance!

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Hello #EnergySky #EconSky! I have a simple question:

How many different companies own transmission infrastructure in the U.S.?

The EIA has this handy graphic on distribution companies, and generation is similarly easy to find. Help would be great. Thanks!

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Profs Van Benthem, Lockwood, Low, Rees-Jones, Kessler and I are hiring 3 predoctoral researchers (in environmental, behavioral, and public econ) to start July 2025. Prior RAs got into Berkeley, Princeton and Brown (econ PhDs).

Rolling review:
sberkouwer.github.io/BEPPhiring.pdf

Can cookstove subsidies reduce CO2 emissions?

@joshtdean.bsky.social and I wrote an overview of our research demonstrating that @BurnMfg's Jikokoa/EOCA Char stoves cut 3.5 tons of CO2 - and save $120 in fuel - per household per year.

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Face droop, half-body paralysis, and slurred speech are symptoms of stroke. ***IMMEDIATELY*** go to the hospital.

Relatedly, things I learned today:
- Brains are important, vulnerable, and really like oxygen
- Access to healthcare is life- and limb-saving and I am so grateful for it.

Another week, another week where 50% of NBER working papers are EEE! 🌳🏭🌏

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In June, NYC passed an exec order protecting people who provided or received gender-affirming care. When I told my partner she responded "Philly needs this too!"

The next day she rallied her favorite lawyers. And here we are. Proud of her and of Philly! #transrights
www.phila.gov/2023-10-17-m...

There are some papers that do this, e.g. Gillingham and Stock (2018) but very few in low- and middle-income countries. In my personal view this is a particular area where the ratio of "amount of research needed" and "amount of research conducted" is particularly high.

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What does this mean for health?

1️⃣ The reduction in pollution peaks reduces the self-reported presence of symptoms like sore throat, headache, and cough. That’s great!

2️⃣ However, no impact on chronic, clinical health outcomes (blood pressure, blood oxygen, pneumonia diagnoses)

On pollution:

1️⃣ Charcoal cooking increases peak PM2.5 cooking exposure by 125 μg/m3 for the control group

2️⃣ Improved stoves reduce these peaks by 52 μg/m3 (42%)

3️⃣ Ambient PM2.5 in Nairobi is 38 μg/m3, so the effect on average pollution exposure is almost entirely washed out

We study a notorious source of peak air pollution—biomass cooking—in a context with high ambient pollution.

We randomize Burn's Jikokoa cookstoves and follow up with 700 participants after 3.5 years.

I’ll share 3 results on pollution and 2 on health:

Should governments prioritize ambient levels or within-day peaks in air pollution?

⚫ Reducing ambient requires regulations addressing externalities
⚫ Peaks are often driven by private actions and thus require addressing private barriers

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On pollution:

1️⃣ Charcoal cooking increases peak PM2.5 cooking exposure by 125 μg/m3 for the control group

2️⃣ Improved stoves reduce these peaks by 52 μg/m3 (42%)

3️⃣ Ambient PM2.5 in Nairobi is 38 μg/m3, so the effect on average pollution exposure is almost entirely washed out

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My colleagues Arthur van Benthem and Shing-Yi Wang and I are hiring pre-doctoral researchers in environment/ development economics to start July 1, 2024. Great prep for a PhD. Applications reviewed on a rolling basis.

For more info: sberkouwer.github.io/PredocRABEPP...