News + Media: North America
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Commentary
Akron Beacon Journal | Jun 30, 2019
![Putting a price on carbon, in the form of a fee or tax on the producers of fossil fuels, can be an effective way to curb emissions of greenhouse gases. (Source; MIT) image_asset_33129_PHOTO.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/MIT-Carbon-Pricing_0_WEB.jpg?itok=eNLl-Tga)
In The News
WBUR | Jun 21, 2019
![This April 25, 2019 photo shows the Oak Creek Power Plant and Elm Road Generating Station in Oak Creek, Wis., near Milwaukee. Environmentalists oppose a proposal by We Energies to change the way mercury is measured in water that it discharges to Lake Michigan from the Power Plant and Elm Road Generating Station, A new study finds mercury in Wisconsin lakes could be harder to manage as climate change causes fluctuations in lake levels. (Sarah Whites-Koditschek/Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism via AP) Selin_AP_WEB.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/Selin_AP_WEB.jpg?itok=xgzj2S3t)
In The News
Associated Press | Jun 15, 2019
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In The News
WGBH | Apr 26, 2019
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In The News
China Global Television Network | Jan 25, 2019
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In The News
Washington Post | Jan 11, 2019