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Fortune | May 18, 2016
The energy giant signals a change in its thinking
Royal Dutch Shell is creating a new unit specially for renewables and alternative energy, but it continues to insist that its current business of burning hydrocarbons is under no threat from global policies to mitigate climate change.
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MIT News | May 10, 2016
Grad student Jesse Jenkins and professor Valerie Karplus discuss challenges of emissions pricing in a new paper
In a new working paper titled "Carbon pricing under binding political constraints," MIT Institute for Data, Systems and Society doctoral candidate Jesse Jenkins and Sloan School of Management Assistant Professor Valerie Karplus discuss the political obstacles facing efforts to price carbon...
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MIT News | May 06, 2016
Comprehensive fundraising initiative aims to raise $5 billion to advance Institute's work on some of the world's biggest challenges
MIT President L. Rafael Reif today announced the official launch of the MIT Campaign for a Better World, a comprehensive fundraising initiative that will amplify the Institute's distinctive strength in education, research, and innovation...
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Eos: Earth and Space Science News | Apr 29, 2016
Although the Paris agreement scheduled to be signed 22 April aims for a 2°C warming cap, new findings show that even a 1.5°C rise will hit glaciers hard.
To mark Earth Day, leaders from more than 165 countries are expected to gather at the United Nations tomorrow for a ceremony to sign the Paris climate agreement, reached last December. Under the...
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MIT News | Apr 28, 2016
Colette Heald studies atmospheric gases and particles, and how they affect air quality and climate
Winds that blow across the Sahara desert in North Africa pick up particles of soil and sand, and typically carry them westward. Many of these grains travel across the Atlantic, leading to poor-visibility days in the southern U.S. and Caribbean, transporting nutrients to far-flung ecosystems in...
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MIT News | Apr 27, 2016
Progress report underscores strong collaboration across campus to address climate change
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MarketWatch | Apr 19, 2016
Cheap oil fuels other parts of the world economy
John Reilly | MarketWatch
The crash in the price of oil — from $108 a barrel in June 2014 to below $27 earlier this year — has rattled the stock market, triggered layoffs across the energy sector, and plunged many oil producing countries into crisis.
Oil has since rebounded...
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Poets and Quants | Apr 15, 2016
Valerie Karplus, Sloan School of Management
Andrea Carter | Poets and Quants
Valerie Karplus
Assistant Professor, Global Economics and Management
MIT, Sloan School of Management
Forecasts suggest that rapidly developing nations such as China will be responsible...
Commentary • China Energy & Climate Project
The Conversation | Apr 12, 2016
Here's how to read the tea leaves
The latest numbers show China is using more coal and energy than previously thought, but the last two years of data suggest China’s coal use may be peaking earlier than expected.
In The News • China Energy & Climate Project
Apr 04, 2016