Joint Program In the News

Ask MIT Climate: Impact of restricting domestic fossil fuel production
In The News
MIT Climate Portal | Mar 10, 2024
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
Around Campus
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?
In The News
Daily Mail | Mar 06, 2024
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
In The News
MIT Technology Review | Feb 29, 2024
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
Around Campus
MIT News | Feb 13, 2024
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
Around Campus
MIT News | Feb 08, 2024
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)
Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
In The News
FactCheck.org | Feb 08, 2024
EV's higher manufacturing emissions are more than offset by their lower operational emissions, says MIT Joint Program Deputy Director Sergey Paltsev (FactCheck.org)
:A new map shows which U.S. counties have the highest concentration of jobs that could be affected by the transition to renewable energy, based on new research by Christopher Knittel, the George P. Shultz Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and Kailin Graham, of MIT’s Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
Around Campus
MIT News | Feb 06, 2024
A county-by-county study shows where the U.S. job market will evolve most during the move to clean energy (MIT News)
Donald Trump
Commentary
The Hill | Jan 26, 2024
The climate consequences could be serious, MIT Joint Program Founding Co-Director Emeritus Henry Jacoby and co-authors warn (The Hill)
Susan Solomon wins VinFuture Award for Female Innovators
Around Campus
The award recognizes Solomon’s contributions to understanding ozone depletion and the creation of the Montreal Protocol (MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences)

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