Environmental Justice in India: Incidence of Air Pollution from Coal-Fired Power Plants

Kopas, Jacob; York, Erin; Jin, Xiaomeng; Harish, S.P.; Kennedy, Ryan; Shen, Shiran Victoria; Urpelainen, Johannes

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106711

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“…1997 ; Stern 2004 ; Marcotullio et al. 2005 )] -like pattern (i.e., a U-shaped relationship), where marginalized communities are excluded from negative and positive externalities of industrial development ( Kopas et al. 2020 ).…”

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Ambient Air Pollution and Socioeconomic Status in China

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Environ Health Perspect

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Ambient Air Pollution and Socioeconomic Status in China

Wang

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Environ Health Perspect

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“…Specifically, Kopas et al . 's paper on ‘Environmental Justice in India: Incidence of Air Pollution from Coal‐Fired Power Plants’ is the first to examine CFP‐related environmental discrimination in India (Kopas et al ., 2020). Kopas et al .…”

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Environmental justice and the politics of coal‐fired thermal power in Vietnam's Mekong Delta

Dao

2022

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

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Coal‐fired thermal power has recently become one of the most pressing issues in Vietnam's development agenda. The country's economic development, industrialization and modernization, and population increases have put increasing pressure on energy demands. The Vietnamese government sees coal‐fired power as a way forward in ensuring energy security, which had led to the planning and construction of plants nationwide, particularly from 2016. Simultaneously, a growing anti‐coal power development movement argues that coal‐fired power adversely transforms local people's lives and livelihoods, and negatively impacts the ecological balance in plant locations. Through the lens of environmental justice, this paper examines the development of Vietnam's power sector with a focus on coal‐fired thermal power and its impacts on local livelihoods, food production and water resources. The paper argues that Vietnam's development of coal‐fired power is about much more than energy. It speaks to the state's rule over resources, and how this very process of power generation disproportionately affects local communities in the Mekong Delta.

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“…Local pollution from emissions tends to be highest in close proximity to a facility, such as a power plant. The local population is not only exposed to this pollution but also tends to consume less (or none) of the goods or services produced: the marginalized, low-income communities around power plants, for example, can often not afford to consume the electricity whose generation diminishes local air quality (Pastor et al 2010(Pastor et al , 2013Kopas et al 2020). The goods or services that the project now generates (usually for final demand) is commonly viewed as its reason for being, although we have seen that up until and throughout this phase, capitalist accumulation and regulation often more decisively influence decision-making.…”

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The transformation of provisioning systems from an integrated perspective of social metabolism and political economy: a conceptual framework

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Energy, food, or mobility can be conceptualized as provisioning systems which are decisive to sustainability transformations in how they shape resource use and because of emissions resulting from them. To curb environmental pressures and improve societal well-being, fundamental changes to existing provisioning systems are necessary. In this article, we propose that provisioning systems be conceptualized as featuring integrated socio-metabolic and political-economic dimensions. In socio-metabolic terms, material stocks—buildings, infrastructures, and machines, for example—are key components of provisioning systems and transform flows of energy and materials into goods and services. In political-economic terms, provisioning systems are formed by actors, institutions, and capital. We loosely identify and closely analyze, from socio-metabolic and political-economic perspectives, five phases along which provisioning systems are shaped and in which specific opportunities for interventions exist. Relying mainly on examples from the fossil-fueled electricity system, we argue that an integrated conceptualization of provisioning systems can advance understanding of these systems in two essential ways: by (1) facilitating a more encompassing perspective on current forms of provisioning as relying on capitalist regulation and on material stocks and flows and by (2) embedding provisioning systems within their historical context, making it possible to conceive of more sustainable and just forms of provisioning under (radically) altered conditions.

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Environmental Justice in India: Incidence of Air Pollution from Coal-Fired Power Plants

Cited by 55 publications

References 54 publications

Ambient Air Pollution and Socioeconomic Status in China

Ambient Air Pollution and Socioeconomic Status in China

Environmental justice and the politics of coal‐fired thermal power in Vietnam's Mekong Delta

The transformation of provisioning systems from an integrated perspective of social metabolism and political economy: a conceptual framework

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