Joint Program In the News

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Commentary
MIT News | Apr 22, 2020
Has the coronavirus finally taught us how to listen to science?
An Op-Ed from MIT President Rafael Reif on the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day (Boston Globe)
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Commentary
Foreign Affairs | Apr 14, 2020
The paths to net zero: How technology can save the planet
A commentary by Joint Program faculty affiliate Valerie Karplus (Foreign Affairs)
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Around Campus
MIT News | Mar 17, 2020
Emissions of several ozone-depleting chemicals are larger than expected
Recovering and safely destroying the sources of these chemicals could speed ozone recovery and reduce climate change
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Around Campus
CEEPR | Mar 05, 2020
Two-way trade in green electrons
Deep decarbonization of the northeastern U.S. and the role of Canadian hydropower (Coverage: Bloomberg, NPR Marketplace, CBC)
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Around Campus
MIT News | Feb 27, 2020
Deep cuts in greenhouse emissions are tough but doable, experts say
Speakers at MIT climate symposium outline the steps needed to achieve global carbon neutrality by midcentury
In The News
New York Times | Feb 14, 2020
Calculating Air Pollution’s Death Toll, Across State Lines
Residential and commercial emissions are now the leading cause of cross-state early deaths (New York Times) (More: CNN, Reuters, USA Today, Bloomberg, Boston Globe, Scientific American, USNWR, PopSci, Forbes)​
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Commentary
The Conversation | Feb 12, 2020
The secondhand smoke you’re breathing may have come from another state
Joint Program researchers call for ongoing investigation of, stricter controls on U.S. cross-state air pollution (The Conversation) (Republished in Salon)
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In The News
Washington Examiner | Jan 13, 2020
Nuclear must be an important part of the climate conversation
Commentary cites Joint Program Report highlighting the need for diverse energy resources to power the grid (Washington Examiner)
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Around Campus
MIT Sloan School of Management (Ideas Made to Matter) | Dec 30, 2019
The 5 greatest challenges to fighting climate change
Climate change is a global threat, but solutions involve a superhuman level of sacrifice and awareness, says MIT Sloan’s Christopher Knittel
Commentary
The Hill | Dec 21, 2019
There is no Plan B on climate change
In aftermath of COP25, MIT Joint Program Founding Co-Director Emeritus Henry Jacoby and co-authors call for heightened efforts to inform the public of what's at stake in the climate crisis (The Hill)

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