Coal

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A taxing environment: evaluating the multiple objectives of environmental taxes. 
  • Air pollution in China, with Junfeng (Jim) Zhang by Ashley Ahearn. 
  • Beyond Selenium: Coal Combustion Residuals Lead to Multielement Enrichment in Receiving Lake Food Webs. 
  • Boiler Briquette Coal versus Raw Coal: Part II-Energy, Greenhouse Gas, and Air Quality Implications. 
  • Boiler briquette coal versus raw coal: Part I--Stack gas emissions. 
  • Boron and strontium isotopic characterization of coal combustion residuals: validation of new environmental tracers. 
  • Characterization of non-methane hydrocarbons emitted from various cookstoves used in China. 
  • Characterization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in vegetables near industrial areas of Shanghai, China: Sources, exposure, and cancer risk. 
  • Coal fly ash induces hepatic and pulmonary cytochrome P-450 and sigma-aminolevulinic acid synthetase in rats. 
  • Cytotoxicity of inhaled coal fly ash in rats. 
  • Cytotoxicity of intratracheally administered coal fly ash: studies on lipids in the lung of rats. 
  • Cytotoxicity of intratracheally administered coal fly ash: studies on liver and plasma lipids in rats. 
  • Development of alterations in hamster distal lung following exposure to fly ash from fluidized bed coal combustion: a morphometric study. 
  • Differences in bulk and microscale yttrium speciation in coal combustion fly ash. 
  • Discovery and ramifications of incidental Magnéli phase generation and release from industrial coal-burning. 
  • Economic and environmental costs of regulatory uncertainty for coal-fired power plants. 
  • Effect of inhalation of coal fly ash on vitamin A distribution in organs of the rat. 
  • Effects of Environmental Temperature Change on the Efficiency of Coal- and Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants. 
  • Effects of air pollution on respiratory health of adults in three Chinese cities. 
  • Elevation of rat pulmonary, hepatic and lung surfactant lipids by fly ash inhalation. 
  • Emissions of air pollutants from household stoves: honeycomb coal versus coal cake. 
  • Environmental implications of United States coal exports: a comparative life cycle assessment of future power system scenarios. 
  • Evaluation and Integration of Geochemical Indicators for Detecting Trace Levels of Coal Fly Ash in Soils. 
  • Evaluation of an improved fiberoptics luminescence skin monitor with background correction. 
  • Evidence for Coal Ash Ponds Leaking in the Southeastern United States. 
  • Exposure-response relationships between lifetime exposure to residential coal smoke and respiratory symptoms and illnesses in Chinese children. 
  • Factor analysis of household factors: are they associated with respiratory conditions in Chinese children? 
  • Fetal translocation and metabolism of PAH obtained from coal fly ash given intratracheally to pregnant rats. 
  • Fuel prices, emission standards, and generation costs for coal vs natural gas power plants. 
  • Household air pollution from coal and biomass fuels in China: measurements, health impacts, and interventions. 
  • Induction of hepatic drug metabolizing enzymes by coal fly ash in rats. 
  • Induction of pulmonary and hepatic cytochrome P-450 species by coal fly ash inhalation in rats. 
  • Intraoperative Anesthetic Probes of Brain Health: Ketamine as a Canary in the Coal Mine? 
  • Legacy of Coal Combustion: Widespread Contamination of Lake Sediments and Implications for Chronic Risks to Aquatic Ecosystems. 
  • Microbe-Encapsulated Silica Gel Biosorbents for Selective Extraction of Scandium from Coal Byproducts. 
  • Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials in Coals and Coal Combustion Residuals in the United States. 
  • Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials in Uranium-Rich Coals and Associated Coal Combustion Residues from China. 
  • Odyssey of Patent Foramen Ovale: Closure in Cryptogenic Stroke: The Canary in the Coal Mine of Clinical Trials? 
  • Phosphatidylcholine metabolism in lung microsomes and lung surfactant of rats exposed intratracheally to coal fly ash. 
  • Placental transfer of metals of coal fly ash into various fetal organs of rat. 
  • Preparation of ultrafine magnetic biochar and activated carbon for pharmaceutical adsorption and subsequent degradation by ball milling. 
  • Pulmonary and hepatic glutathione levels, glutathione shuttle enzymes and lipid peroxidation in rats exposed intratracheally to coal fly ash. 
  • Pulmonary toxicity associated with fly ash from fluidized bed coal combustion. II. Cellular morphometry of distal lung following a single intratracheal instillation. 
  • Reducing the energy penalty costs of postcombustion CCS systems with amine-storage. 
  • Residential Solar PV Systems in the Carolinas: Opportunities and Outcomes. 
  • Response to Comment on "Effects of Environmental Temperature Change on the Efficiency of Coal- and Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants". 
  • Response to comment on "Environmental implications of United States coal exports: a comparative life cycle assessment of future power system scenarios". 
  • Response to comment on “Environmental implications of united states coal exports: a comparative life cycle assessment of future power system scenarios”. 
  • Selective Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Coal Fly Ash Leachates Using Liquid Membrane Processes. 
  • Selenium Ecotoxicology in Freshwater Lakes Receiving Coal Combustion Residual Effluents: A North Carolina Example. 
  • Should a coal-fired power plant be replaced or retrofitted? 
  • Solid Fuel Use and Risks of Respiratory Diseases. A Cohort Study of 280,000 Chinese Never-Smokers. 
  • Solid fuel use, socioeconomic indicators and risk of cardiovascular diseases and all-cause mortality: a prospective cohort study in a rural area of Sichuan, China. 
  • Survey of the potential environmental and health impacts in the immediate aftermath of the coal ash spill in Kingston, Tennessee. 
  • The Health Impacts of Environmental Policy: The North Carolina Clean Smokestacks Act. 
  • The Impact of Coal-Powered Electrical Plants and Coal Ash Impoundments on the Health of Residential Communities. 
  • The impact of coal combustion residue effluent on water resources: a North Carolina example 
  • Trends in the Rare Earth Element Content of U.S.-Based Coal Combustion Fly Ashes. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Newell, Richard G., Adjunct Professor, Environmental Sciences and Policy
  • Pratson, Lincoln F., Gendell Family Professor of Energy and Environment, Nicholas Institute-Energy Initiative
  • Vengosh, Avner, Nicholas Distinguished Professor of Environmental Quality, Nicholas Institute-Energy Initiative