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OurEnergyPolicy.org | May 01, 2017
OurEnergyPolicy.org features online discussion based on MIT Joint Program Research Scientist Jennifer Morris's Energy Journal paper "Hedging Strategies: Electricity Investment Decisions under Policy Uncertainty."
1. Is it appropriate for investors to hedge against market exposure by placing capital into technologies that result in cleaner burning fossil generation?
2. Will private and public investors accept the risk and continue on a path of cheap fossil fuels, or increase holdings toward the 20-...
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MIT News | Apr 28, 2017
At MIT, former Congressman Bob Inglis speaks about climate and free enterprise
Inglis made the case for a “tax swap”: implementing a tax on carbon while offsetting its revenues with a reduction in income or payroll taxes. This way, Inglis said, the U.S. can unleash a wave of clean energy innovation, driving down planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions without harming...
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MIT News | Apr 24, 2017
Climate change could lead to overall increase in river flow, but more droughts and floods, study shows
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Environmental Science & Technology | Apr 07, 2017
Environmental Science & Technology's 2016 Best Policy Paper co-authored by Joint Program researchers
Study showed long-lasting health, economic impacts of lead emissions from U.S. general aviation flights
Paper: Philip J. Wolfe, Amanda Giang, Akshay Ashok, Noelle E. Selin, and...
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AAAS | Apr 05, 2017
MIT Joint Program researcher helps bring scientific evidence into public decision-making
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New Yorker | Mar 30, 2017
The President’s latest executive order would scrap regulations critical to addressing climate change. But would it also, as he promises, put miners “back to work”? John Reilly and Noelle Selin comment on the latest developments.
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The Atlantic | Mar 24, 2017
Air quality in Beijing has a lot to do with snowstorms in Siberia. MIT EAPS/IDSS Associate Professor and Joint Program researcher Noelle Selin comments.
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MIT News | Mar 24, 2017
North Carolina solar farm is up and running, significantly offsetting Institute’s carbon emissions--and advancing MIT's Plan for Action on Climate Change, which draws on MIT Joint Program expertise
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MIT News | Mar 17, 2017
Fresh from three years as U.S. Energy Secretary, Moniz returns to his roots at MIT