{"id":15161,"date":"2023-05-22T15:24:59","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T19:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/?page_id=15161"},"modified":"2025-11-17T10:51:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:51:52","slug":"energy-equity-exposures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/research\/energy-equity-exposures\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy & Equity Exposures Database for Population Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

Insights from a first-of-its-kind database for healthy and just energy transitions.
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In the Media<\/h2>\n
\"Child<\/a> More Fossil-fuel Facilities Are in Environmental Justice Communities, BU Researchers Find<\/a> (7\/10\/2024)<\/span><\/div>
\"Air<\/a> Communities of Color Host Greater Share of Damaging Energy Infrastructure<\/a> (5\/15\/2024)<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n

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The Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability, in partnership with the School of Public Health, awarded its first-ever Sustainability Research Grant<\/a> (SRG) for the 2023\u20132024 academic year to advance the university\u2019s research at the intersection of climate change, sustainability, public health, and equity.<\/p>\n

Energy infrastructure surrounds us \u2014 about five percent of the US population lives within one mile of an active oil or gas development site. Yet communities are often surprised to learn what types of fossil fuel hazards their neighborhoods are exposed to and how their health may be impacted by air pollution, water contamination, and other environmental exposures. Some bear the biggest burden as environmental justice hotspots that are disproportionately affected.<\/p>\n


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Journal Articles<\/h2>\n
\"A<\/a> High Populations Near Fossil Fuel Energy Infrastructure Across the Supply Chain and Implications for an Equitable Energy Transition<\/a> (11\/17\/2025)<\/span> -<\/span> Environmental Research Letters<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
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Power & People Symposium: Mapping Community Exposure to Energy Infrastructure<\/h3>\n

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Launched at the Power & People Symposium<\/a> in 2024, the Energy Infrastructure Exposure Intensity and Equity Indices (EI3) Database for Public Health offers first-time visibility into who’s exposed to what fossil fuel hazards in the United States \u2014 across the full supply chain, all in one place \u2014 to help identify community hotspots.<\/p>\n

This year-long project led by Boston University researchers introduces novel methods used to develop new data on exposure to energy infrastructure, paving the way to look at the associated health impacts with learnings on:<\/p>\n