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MIT Joint Program Deputy Director Sergey Paltsev in a presentation at the April 10-11 Wings of Change Americas conference in Santiago, Chile
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Litoral Press | Apr 18, 2024
"Sustainable aviation fuel is going to be the main component to decarbonize this sector"
So said MIT Joint Program Deputy Director Sergey Paltsev in a presentation at the April 10-11 Wings of Change Americas conference in Santiago, Chile (Litoral Press, Spanish)
Updated MIT Climate Primer
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MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative | Mar 29, 2024
A Refreshed MIT Climate Primer to Better Serve Students, Educators, and the “Climate Curious”
New version incorporates last four years of climate knowledge (MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative)
Carbon offsets
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National Public Radio/KCRW | Mar 27, 2024
PODCAST: Do carbon offsets help with airplane emissions?
MIT Joint Program Research Scientist Angelo Gurgel shares his expertise as a guest on the Anti-Dread Climate Podcast (NPR/KCRW)
MIT Outdoor Days
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MIT News | Mar 22, 2024
A new way to quantify climate change impacts: “Outdoor days”
This measure, developed by MIT researchers, reflects direct effects on people’s quality of life — and reveals significant global disparities (MIT News)
Ask MIT Climate: Impact of restricting domestic fossil fuel production
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MIT Climate Portal | Mar 10, 2024
ASK MIT CLIMATE: If the U.S. limits fossil fuel production at home, will we turn to cleaner sources of energy, or just import more oil and gas?
Supply-side restrictions, like shutting down new oil wells or gas pipelines, tend to lead to more imports and minimal impacts on greenhouse gas emissions—unless paired with other policies that limit demand for fossil fuels (MIT Climate Portal)
New MIT Climate Policy Center
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MIT Sloan School of Management | Mar 07, 2024
MIT Sloan to launch new climate policy center with $25 million investment
As part of the new Climate Project at MIT, the center will create and strengthen connections between leading climate researchers and policymakers (MIT Sloan School of Management) (Coverage: Boston Globe, Axios, MIT Technology Review)
Are electric cars more toxic than gas-powered vehicles?
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Daily Mail | Mar 06, 2024
EPA says it's 'looking into' study that found electric cars are MORE toxic than gas-powered vehicles
Study suggested EVs expel more particulate matter through their tires and brakes than modern gas-powered vehicles due to added weight from batteries (Daily Mail)
Hydrogen fuel cell cars
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MIT Technology Review | Feb 29, 2024
Why hydrogen is losing the race to power cleaner cars
Batteries are dominating zero-emissions vehicles, and the fuel has better uses elsewhere (MIT Technology Review)
Wildfires in Southeast Asia significantly affect the moods of people in many neighboring countries
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MIT News | Feb 13, 2024
Study measures the psychological toll of wildfires
Research in Southeast Asia quantifies how much wildfire smoke hurts peoples’ moods; finds the effect is greater when fires originate in other countries (MIT News)
The Climate Project at MIT
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MIT News | Feb 08, 2024
3 Questions: The Climate Project at MIT
Richard Lester describes an emerging new initiative that will back climate efforts at the Institute and find outside partnerships to drive actionable innovation (MIT News) (Related: Letter to the MIT Community)

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