Designing hydro-energy led economic growth for pollution abatement: evidence from BRICS

Overutilized hydro-energy production through non-sustainable mode is detrimental for both the economy and the environment. Intermittent consumption of hydro-energy from non-sustainable production methods may induce deleterious impacts in terms of rapid pollution in the economy. This paper investigat...

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Published in:Environmental science and pollution research international 2022-05, Vol.29 (21), p.31252-31269
Main Authors: Dash, Devi Prasad, Dash, Aruna Kumar, Sethi, Narayan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aquatic Pollution
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Carbon Dioxide - analysis
Climate change
Consumption
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecological effects
Ecological footprint
Economic Development
Economic factors
Economic growth
Ecotoxicology
Energy consumption
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Health
Environmental impact
Environmental Pollution - analysis
Environmental science
Fossil fuels
Investments
Natural Resources
Pollution
Pollution abatement
Pollution control
Power consumption
Production methods
Renewable energy
Research Article
Sustainable development
Sustainable production
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water Pollution Control
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Summary:Overutilized hydro-energy production through non-sustainable mode is detrimental for both the economy and the environment. Intermittent consumption of hydro-energy from non-sustainable production methods may induce deleterious impacts in terms of rapid pollution in the economy. This paper investigates the impacts of hydro-power consumption upon pollution for 5 BRICS countries from 1965 to 2019. Our balanced panel model shows that infrequent usages of hydro-power consumption led to more pollution over the year. This relation is also further explained by considering several macroeconomic factors, in the context of the growth scenario. Our empirical findings show that an increase in population and consequent rise in per capita income have exhibited positive impacts on pollution. Even, improved industrialized led production and investment in these economies contribute heavily towards pollution and declined environmental standards. Our results further state that intermittent usages of natural resources by population in terms of rising ecological footprint have resulted in higher emission intensity over the year. These findings underscore how rising hydro-power energy consumption has led to the rising pollution amidst the growth scenario in BRICS economies.
ISSN:0944-1344
1614-7499
DOI:10.1007/s11356-021-17890-9