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nia Berkeley, Harvard T.H. Chan
School of Public Health, Univer-
sity of Texas Austin, Colorado
State University, Louisville Metro
Department of Public Health and
Wellness, Louisville Metro Office
of Civic Innovation and Tech-
nology, the Christina Lee Brown
Envirome Institute and Family
Allergy & Asthma.
Study results were published in
Nature Energy
4
and announced in
a joint news release from Columbia
University Mailman School of Pub-
lic Health and Propeller Health.
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Toward cleaner power to
improve public health
"We hope this evidence will
encourage government officials
to support stricter standards
when regulating coal-fired power
plants and encourage us towards
cleaner power options, thereby
protecting the health of the peo-
ple who live near these facilities,"
said Meredith Barrett, PhD, head
of population health research for
Propeller Health.
"AIR Louisville brought together
local government, public and pri-
vate partners and residents for a
common mission: to leverage local
data to make our city better and
more breathable," explained Lou-
isville Mayor Greg Fischer. "We
are still seeing the results of AIR
Louisville in this research, which
demonstrates the public health
impact of retiring coal as an energy
source or further controlling coal-
fired emissions."
e study was conducted by
Columbia University Mailman
School of Public Health, Propel-
ler Health, University of Califor-
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