News + Media: Policy Scenarios
Sep 26, 2021
![Photo: Whenever organic matter is burned, such as in a wildfire, a power plant, a car’s exhaust, or in daily cooking, the combustion releases polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) — a class of pollutants that is known to cause lung cancer. (Source: MIT) MIT-PAH-Risk-01_WEB.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/MIT-PAH-Risk-01_WEB.jpg?itok=zRnwRysw)
Around Campus
MIT News | Sep 24, 2021
![MIT has appointed more than a dozen faculty to its new Climate Nucleus, a committee established by the Institute’s “Fast Forward” climate action plan. The committee will be co-chaired by professors Noelle Selin, left, and Anne White. Credits:Image: Selin photo by M. Scott Brauer; White photo by Susan Young MIT-Climate-Nucleus-01-press_WEB.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/MIT-Climate-Nucleus-01-press_WEB.jpg?itok=OMeNtev5)
Around Campus
MIT Office of the Vice President for Research | Sep 17, 2021
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![Drought in Australia (Flickr/Vicky) Paltsev_Hill_WEB.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/Paltsev_Hill_WEB.jpg?itok=N3O7-RAO)
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News Release
MIT News | Aug 12, 2021
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In The News
Boston Globe | Aug 09, 2021