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Power

Tong, D., Q. Zhang, S. J. Davis, F. Liu, B. Zheng, G. Geng, T. Xue, M. Li, C. Hong, Z. Lu, D. G. Streets, D. Guan and K. He (2018), Targeted emission reductions from global super-polluting power plant units, Nat. Sustain., 1, 59-68. [Link] [PDF] [Altmetric]

Tong, D., Q. Zhang, F. Liu, G. Geng, Y. Zheng, T. Xue, C. Hong, R. Wu, Y. Qin, H. Zhao, L. Yan and K. He (2018), Current Emissions and Future Mitigation Pathways of Coal-Fired Power Plants in China from 2010 to 2030, Environ. Sci. Technol., 52, 12905-12914. [Link] [PDF] [Altmetric]

Liu, F., Q. Zhang, D. Tong, B. Zheng, M. Li, H. Huo and K. He (2015), High-resolution inventory of technologies, activities, and emissions of coal-fired power plants in China from 1990 to 2010, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 13299-13317. [Link] [PDF] [Altmetric]

Cement

Liu, J., D. Tong, Y. Zheng, J. Cheng, X. Qin, Q. Shi, L. Yan, Y. Lei and Q. Zhang (2021), Carbon and air pollutant emissions from China’s cement industry 1990–2015: trends, evolution of technologies and drivers, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 1627–1647. [Link] [PDF] [Altmetric]

Iron and Steel

Wang, X., Y. Lei, L. Yan, T. Liu, Q. Zhang and K. He (2019), A unit-based emission inventory of SO₂, NO_x and PM for the Chinese iron and steel industry from 2010 to 2015, Sci. Total Environ., 676, 18-30. [Link] [PDF]

Applications >

Tong, D., Q. Zhang, Y. Zheng, K. Caldeira, C. Shearer, C. Hong, Y. Qin and S. J. Davis (2019), Committed emissions from existing energy infrastructure jeopardize 1.5 degrees C climate target, Nature, 572, 373-377. [Link] [PDF] [Altmetric]

Zhang, Q., X. Jiang, D. Tong, S. J. Davis, H. Zhao, G. Guan, T. Feng, B. Zheng, Z. Lu, D. G. Streets., R. Ni, M. Brauer, A. van Donkelaar, R. V. Martin, H. Huo, Z. Liu, D. Pan, H. Kan, Y. Yan, J. Lin, K. He and D. Guan (2017), Transboundary health impacts of transported global air pollution and international trade, Nature, 543(7647), 705-709. [Link] [PDF] [Altmetric]

Qin, Y., N. D. Mueller, S. Siebert, R. B. Jackson, A. AghaKouchak, J. B. Zimmerman, D. Tong, C. Hong and S. J. Davis (2019), Flexibility and intensity of global water use, Nat. Sustain., 2(6), 515-523. [Link] [PDF] [Altmetric]

Fofrich, R., D. Tong, K. Calvin, H. S. De Boer, J. Emmerling, O. Fricko, S. Fujimori, G. Luderer, J. Rogelj and S. J. Davis (2020), Early retirement of power plants in climate mitigation scenarios, Environ. Res. Lett., 15, 094064. [Link] [PDF] [Altmetric]

Shearer, C., D. Tong, R. Fofrich and S. J. Davis (2020), Committed emissions of the U.S. power sector, 2000–2018. AGU Adv., 1, e2020AV000162. [Link] [PDF] [Altmetric]