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When looking at the future of Austin's energy generation, Mayor Kirk Watson says he's looking at three prongs: sustainability and climate, affordability and reliability.
In an examination of emissions data and Medicare records, researchers calculated that exposure to fine particulate air pollutants emitted by coal-fired power plants (coal PM2.5) is associated with a mortality risk 2.1 times greater than that of PM2.5 from other sources.
Exposure to fine particulate air pollutants from coal-fired power plants (coal PM2.5) is associated with a risk of mortality more than double that of exposure to PM2.5 from other sources, according to a new study led by George Mason University, The University of Texas at Austin, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Pollution from coal-fired power plants is much more deadly than previously thought. But there is also some very good news.
Coal-burning pollution has been found to have a mortality risk 2.1 times higher than particulates emitted by all other sources.