HEI Energy Releases Its First Set of Research Reports

The inaugural set of studies focused on potential exposures to air emissions, water quality changes, and noise from oil and gas operations in the US.
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Assessment of Changes in Air Quality in Indian Cities Since the Launch of the National Clean Air Programme

Health Effects Institute
2025
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HEI has published a new report “Assessment of Changes in Air Quality in Indian Cities Since the Launch of the National Clean Air Programme.” The report evaluates trends for particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) across NCAP cities since the launch of the program.
 

Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Selected Health Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution

Health Effects Institute
2022
Special Report 23

This comprehensive scientific review examines the evidence for associations between several adverse health effects and traffic-related air pollution (TRAP). The review, the largest of its type to date, was conducted by a panel of 13 renowned experts who evaluated 353 published scientific reports on traffic pollution and related health effects between 1980 and 2019.

How Do Household Energy Interventions Work?

Jill Baumgartner
Sam Harper
Chris Barrington-Leigh
Collin Brehmer
Ellison M. Carter
Xiaoying Li
et al.
2025
Research Report 235

This report presents an accountability study led by Jill Baumgartner and Sam Harper at McGill University. Baumgartner, Harper, and colleagues evaluated the effects on air quality and health of a clean heating policy that stipulated and subsidized the conversion of household heating from coal to electric heaters in Beijing region villages.

Robust Statistical Approaches to Understanding the Causal Effect of Air Pollution Mixtures

Joseph Antonelli
Heejun Shin
Suyeon Kang
Alexander Franks
Michelle Audirac
Danielle Braun
2025
Research Report 234

This report presents a study led by Joseph Antonelli at the University of Florida. Antonelli and colleagues describe several new approaches to support causal inference, focusing on exposure to multiple pollutants, addressing bias resulting from confounding, and enhancing exposure assessment by incorporating people’s mobility patterns.