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![An MIT study shows that if U.S. nuclear power plants are retired, the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas to fill the energy gap could cause more than 5,000 premature deaths. Credits :Image: iStock MIT-Nuclear-Air-01_WEB.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/MIT-Nuclear-Air-01_WEB.jpg?itok=L0z0AR8A)
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MIT News | Apr 10, 2023
![This map shows each U.S. county’s relative risk of having both high energy expenditures and high poverty rates. Credit: System for the Triage of Risk from Environmental and Socio-Economic Stressors, MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. Heating-Oil-energy_poverty_WEB.png](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/Heating-Oil-energy_poverty_WEB.png?itok=ZjM1zp9p)
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The Maine Monitor | Apr 09, 2023
![Photo: The XLV (45th) MIT Global Change Forum explored how decision-makers can stay on course in achieving climate change goals as the world confronts multiple and expanding crises. (Source: NASA) Forum Cover_WEB.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/news/Forum%20Cover_WEB.jpg?itok=wDeHml8z)
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In The News
White House Council of Economic Advisors | Mar 30, 2023
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Mar 30, 2023
![The White House has major federal actions in place that will accelerate and advance the use of clean heavy-duty vehicles (Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nrel/) Selin_PopSci.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/Selin_PopSci.jpg?itok=5EK34UYe)
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Popular Science | Jan 20, 2023
![A new MIT study finds that the health benefits associated with wind power could more than quadruple if operators prioritized turning down output from the most polluting fossil-fuel-based power plants when energy from wind is available. (Source: MIT) MIT-Windy-Impact-01_0.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/MIT-Windy-Impact-01_0.jpg?itok=GHT9RLm8)
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Oct 03, 2022