Beia Spiller

Energy Economist, Fellow and Transportation Program Director at Resources for the Future

[Beia Spiller @starbeia]

PhD students working on critical minerals- come join our Critical Minerals Research Lab this fall!! This interdisciplinary lab gives diverse students space to present/get feedback on their work,& create new interdisciplinary research projects. Apply today!
https://t.co/nRLmWKnZgT

[Beia Spiller @starbeia]

Encantada de ver este artículo en una revista chilena presentando nuestra investigación sobre el impacto de energía solar en la salud de poblaciones chilenas!! ☀️⚡️

[Nathaly M. Rivera @nathaly_rivera]

Muy buena nota hoy en La Tercera sobre nuestro artículo en JEEM junto a Beia Spiller (@starbeia) y Cristobal Ruiz-Tagle (@jcristobal_rt). Te invito a leerla!
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Estudio mide brutal impacto de plantas de carbón en enfermedades respiratorias https://t.co/rtnmNBNp4o

[Beia Spiller @starbeia]

Want to learn more? Download our working paper from the @RFF webpage, and while you are there- check out our work on climate change issues and the clean energy transition! 9/9 https://t.co/uVTsofggKm

[Beia Spiller @starbeia]

Are you an environmental economist working on equity policies around the clean energy transition? If so, does your work include the perspectives of the communities affected by these policies? If not, it certainly can, and perhaps it should! 🧵1/9

[Beia Spiller @starbeia]

Importantly, our discipline will require adjustments for us to be able to effectively include CEnR in our methods toolbox – these changes will have to come from all of us, from the individual researcher to journal editors and University administrators. 8/9

[Beia Spiller @starbeia]

@MonikaEhrman @rff @billypizer @margaretwalls1 @SMULawSchool @SMU @lyleengineering Thanks so much for participating, Monika! We are lucky to have your insights and those of the other awesome researchers who also participated.

[Beia Spiller @starbeia]

Whoever says economists are no fun haven’t met this group!! 🥳 @AereOrg

[Beia Spiller @starbeia]

Join me next Thursday for a webinar on #community engagement around #mine development! I’ve got a killer lineup with expert researchers and practitioners who have on the ground experience working with communities. Register today!!
https://t.co/D5A1HxDUzq

[Beia Spiller @starbeia]

Check out my new blog post, co-authored with
@NafisaLohawala & Josh Linn, on the need for advanced economic modeling to ensure our truck decarbonization policies are effective and cost-efficient! https://t.co/ufBRBgqQHn

[Beia Spiller @starbeia]

13 years ago marked the first day of my career as an environmental economist ✨🥸🎓I never would have imagined ending up in the NGO space, but am grateful every day for having taken this path. ⚡️🚙🔌☀️interested in pursuing a PhD but unsure of a future in academia? Let’s chat!!

[Beia Spiller @starbeia]

For more analyses on environmental policies and investments, check out my organization https://t.co/nXUEibOj5A. Most of what I do is transport related, however- you can find that work at https://t.co/qLDPnGQc27

[Beia Spiller @starbeia]

Solar power could have real health benefits by reducing our reliance on dirty sources, like coal. But to what extent? And who will benefit the most? Jointly w/ @nathaly_rivera and @jcristobal_rt, we ask this in the setting of northern Chile. Here’s what we found. 🧵(1/9)

[Beia Spiller @starbeia]

In a nutshell: solar generation increased => coal generation decreased => air quality got better => populations downwind improved their respiratory outcomes! (9/9)
#solarenergy #renewables #health #airqulity