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WEI PENG 彭暐

 

Assistant Professor

School of International Affairs & Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Penn State University 

Email: weipeng@psu.edu       Phone: 814-865-9408

Address: 228 Lewis Katz (SIA) or 219B Sackett (CEE), University Park, PA 16802

Profile Links: Google Scholar; ResearchGate; Twitter

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News

Recent Publications

Our paper that studies the equity implications of electric vehicles was recently published in Environmental Research Letters.

April 24, 2023

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Dr. Peng and colleagues recently published a paper on the role electric vehicles play in reducing India's CO2 and air pollutant emissions generated from road transport.

November 17, 2022

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Dr. Peng and doctoral student Huilin Luo were both mentioned in this Penn State news article about our group's Sloan Grant.

November 01, 2022

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Hui Yang’s new paper on the impacts socio-demographic factors have on future health burdens from air pollution was recently published in Nature Sustainability.

October 24, 2022

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Dr. Peng and colleagues recently published an article on how to integrate air quality and health concerns in our decarbonization strategies.  

August 5, 2022

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Doctoral student Hui Yang won the prestigious and highly selective Norwood Wherry Memorial Graduate Fellowship from College of Engineering!

December 16, 2021

Congrats, Hui!

Four group members will present  at the AGU Fall Meeting! Check them out!

December 14, 2021

More information: AGU Website

Dr. Peng was quoted as a new collaborator on a $72 million NASA-funded research consortium

November 11, 2021

More information: Penn State News

Doctoral Student Hui Yang presented her RGGI work in the Climate Change Economics Webinar series

November 3, 2021

More information: Climate Change Economics

Doctoral Student Hui Yang spoke on a panel on "Health First PA" about the implications of PA's entry into RGGI

October 21, 2021

More information: Health First PA

Our NSF project on the Health Effects of Deep Decarbonization (HEALED) is featured in the Penn State News

September 27, 2021

More information: Penn State News

Hui Yang and Dr. Peng were mentioned in NPR coverage on Emissions and Health Implications of PA's entry into RGGI. 

September 20, 2021

More information: State Impact Pennsylvania

April 2023

Equity Implications of Electric Vehicles: A Systematic Review on the Spatial Distribution of Emissions, Air Pollution, and Health Impacts.  A Sharma, J Shiwang, A Lee & W PengEnvironmental Research Letters, 18. 2023

January 2023

Narrowing Fossil Fuel Consumption in the Indian Road Transport Sector Towards Reaching Carbon Neutrality.
M S Hossain, Y R Fang, T Ma, C Huang, W Peng, J Urpelainen, C Hebbale & H Dai. Energy Policy, 172. 2023.

December 2022

Feasible Climate Mitigation. P Stern, T Dietz, K Nielsen, W Peng, M Vandenbergh. Nature Climate Change, 13, 6-8. 2022

October 2022

Socio-demographic factors shaping the future global health burden from air pollution. H Yang, X Huang, D.M. Westervelt, L Horowitz, & W Peng. Nature Sustainability. 2022.

December 2021

Foundations for a Low-Carbon Energy System in China. H Lee, D P Schrag, M Bunn, M Davidson, W Peng, W Pu, M Zhimin. Cambridge University Press. 2021.

November 2021

Climate action with revenue recycling has benefits for poverty, inequality and well-being. M Budolfson, F Dennig, Fkson, S Feindt, M Ferranna, M Fleurbaey, D Klenert, U Kornek, K Kuruc, A Méjean, W Peng, N Scovronick, D Spears, F Wagner & S Zuber. Nature Climate Change. 2021.

November 2021

Protecting the poor with a carbon tax and equal per capita dividend. M Budolfson, F Dennig, Fkson, S Feindt, M Ferranna, M Fleurbaey, D Klenert, U Kornek, K Kuruc, A Méjean, W Peng, N Scovronick, D Spears, F Wagner & S Zuber. Nature Climate Change. 2021.

October 2021

To achieve deep cuts in US emissions, state-driven policy is only slightly more expensive than nationally uniform policy. W Peng, G Iyer, M Binsted, J Marlon, L Clarke, J A Edmonds, & D G Victor. Nature Climate Change. 2021.

August 2021

Emissions and Health Implications of Pennsylvania's Entry into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. H Yang, A T Pham, J R Landry, S A Blumsack, and W Peng . Environmental Science and Technology. 2021.

June 2021

U.S.–China Collaboration is Vital to Global Plans for a Healthy Environment and Sustainable Development. M Xu, G T Daigger,  C Xi, ..., W Peng, et al. Environmental Science & Technology. 2021.

May 2021

The importance of health co-benefits under different climate policy cooperation frameworks.  N Scovronick, D Anthoff, F Dennig, F Errickson, M Ferranna, W Peng, D Spears, F Wagner, M Budolfson. Environmental Research Letters, 2021, 16(5).

July 2021

"Opportunities for household energy on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in line with United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals". Zhuang, MH, X Lu, W Peng, YF Wan, JX Wang, CP Nielsen, MB McElroy. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.
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