Manage energy transition for a greener world
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

News
Recent Publications
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
Dr. Peng and colleagues' recent paper on state-led climate acton is featured in Penn State News
September 26, 2021
More information: Penn State News
Dr. Peng was quoted in the article "Illinois Now Boasts the 'Most Equitable' Climate Law in America. What will that mean?"
September 17, 2021
More information: Chicago Sun-Times, Inside Climate News
Group Member Hui Yang gave a talk at the 33rd Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE 2021). She spoke on "Air quality-related health co-benefits from Pennsylvania’s entry into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)"
August 23, 2021
More information: ISEE 2021
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.
August 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.
January 2021
"Clean air actions in China, PM2.5 exposure, and household medical expenditures: A quasi-experimental study".
T Xue, T Zhu, W Peng, T Guan, S Zhang, Y Zheng, G Geng, Q Zhang. PLOS Medicine.
December 2020