Media

A full list of media mentions is available at: https://www.heinz.cmu.edu/faculty-research/profiles/jha-akshaya/

Op-Eds and Authored Pieces

New York Times – One of the World’s Biggest Health Risks Is a Philanthropic Blind Spot (09-19-2024)
The Conversation – Utilities rely on dirty ‘peaker’ plants when power demand surges, but there are alternatives (09-05-2024)
VoxEU – Purely financial market participants improve spot market performance (08-14-2019)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Pittsburgh: Think twice about allowing more rail traffic to roll through the city (07-29-2018)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – The deadly 90-day rule will help coal barons, not coal miners. And kill people. (11-02-2017)
The Conversation – Even when it’s sitting in storage, coal threatens human health (09-13-2017)

Research in the News

PHYS.org – The hidden cost of environmental policy uncertainty (10-27-2025)
TechXplore – How better battery lifespans and reused batteries can push the US power grid into the future (10-08-2025)
New York Times – In a Toxic World, Pets Could Be Vital Health Watchdogs (10-07-2025)
PHYS.org – Equity implications of where long-term fossil fuel plants are located differ based on time period studied (09-10-2025)
Portland Press Herald – Large coal pile on Portland waterfront could be removed by 2030 (08-25-2025)
Labroots – Four Eras of U.S. Carbon Emissions: A Historical Perspective (07-23-2025)
EurekAlert – Analysis documents changing trends in U.S. carbon emissions (07-21-2025)
Air Quality News – Canaries and coal mines: air pollution is a threat to animal welfare (06-09-2025)
Futurity – Fire smoke tied to thousands of premature deaths in 2017 alone (04-08-2025)
TechXplore – Study documents impacts of large-scale entry of rooftop solar panels on competition (03-25-2025)
NPR – State Department says it will stop publishing global air pollution data (03-07-2025)
Wired – US State Department Kills Global Air Monitoring Program Researchers Say Paid for Itself (03-05-2025)
NBC News – U.S. embassies end air pollution monitoring that spurred China and others to action (03-05-2025)
New York Times – U.S. State Department Shuts Down Pollution Monitoring Abroad (03-04-2025)
Environment Journal – Air pollution leads to 80,000 vet visits per year (12-10-2024)
One Green Planet – Air Pollution is Putting Pet Health at Risk (11-06-2024)
PHYS.org – Improving air quality would avoid 80,000 vet visits every year, study finds (10-30-2024)
Wisconsin Watch – What are the health risks of coal piles like the ones in Green Bay? (07-08-2024)
NPR State Impact – Study: Biden climate policy would have $1T in health benefits, save thousands of lives (07-14-2021)
WIRED – Germany Rejected Nuclear Power—and Deadly Emissions Spiked (01-23-2020)
Forbes – As The Costs Of Germany’s Nuclear Phase Out Mount, Little Appetite For A Rethink (01-11-2020)

Expert Commentary and Interviews

WESA Radio – Pennsylvania ends attempt at CO2 regulation, leaving questions on how to address climate change (11-14-2025)
Washington Times – China and other global rivals are diversifying their energy portfolios away from coal (10-31-2025)
Resources for the Future – RFF Awards Grants to Fund Research on Major Federal Energy Laws (05-20-2025)
NPR’s Marketplace – Coal-fired generating capacity is likely to keep declining, despite the President’s order boosting coal (04-18-2025)
Hindustan Herald – Energy Experts Dismiss Trump’s Coal Executive Order as “Economically Implausible” (04-10-2025)
ABC News – How Trump’s executive order on coal could impact energy use in the US (04-10-2025)
E&E News – Tech aims to cut years off grid wait times for energy projects (03-24-2025)
HVAC&R News – US shuts down global air quality monitoring (03-06-2025)
Newsweek – How Much Electricity Does the US Import from Canada? (03-04-2025)
E&E News – Can electricity forecasts be trusted in the age of AI? (01-28-2025)
Marketplace – Why it might be hard for Trump to reverse Biden’s offshore oil ban (01-07-2025)
WESA Radio – DOE and Appalachia hydrogen hub reach an agreement for federal funds (08-01-2024)
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review – Heat wave forces shift in spending priorities as household costs jump (06-14-2024)
CNET – Will Massachusetts Ditch Its Competitive Energy Market? (04-16-2024)
Marketplace – How the White House is shaping clean energy supply and demand (03-25-2024)
Epoch Times – How Would the US Be Impacted by an Ontario Electricity Surcharge or Cutoff? (03-12-2024)
CNET – Why the Cost of Getting Solar Panels Is So Unpredictable (02-25-2024)
WESA Radio – Allegheny Front – What’s the current state of the energy transition? (12-08-2023)
NPR’s Marketplace – By 2025, coal will no longer be the main way to generate the world’s electricity (12-07-2022)
CBS News (live video interview) – California’s extreme heat exacerbates wildfires, power issues (09-07-2022)
CBS News (live video interview) – Growing concerns over U.S. power grid stability in the face of climate change (06-17-2022)
Marketplace (Minnesota Public Radio) – Coal prices are way up and long-term commitments from customers are hard to find (06-02-2022)
WTAE – Experts say panic buying gasoline not necessary, Colonial Pipeline launches restart (05-12-2021)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Canada is trying a carbon tax. What lessons are emerging for other nations? (06-30-2019)