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Living on Earth | Jul 12, 2013
New research in China quantifies the relationship between reduced life expectancy and elevated air pollution from coal fired boilers. MIT professor Michael Greenstone tells host Steve Curwood that residents in the north of China live 5 years less on average than those in the south as a result of higher exposure to air pollution from coal combustion.
Air pollution has taken a toll on the health of Chinese residents. A person living in the north of the River Huai can expect to lives 5 years less than a person south of the river, an unintended legacy of the government’s policy to give free coal for winter heating in the north of the country. (...
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MIT News Office | Jul 09, 2013
With global warming, a study finds, tropical cyclones may become more frequent and intense.
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The Energy Collective | Jul 09, 2013
This is the first post of a multi-part series on Transforming China’s Grid, where Michael Davidson will be critically examining China’s efforts to reinvent and decarbonize its power sector and related energy goals. He begins with China’s efforts to create provincial and city-level carbon trading pilots as well as major obstacles to establishing a national system that can link with other ETS markets.
By Michael Davidson
China’s first mandatory carbon emissions trading system (ETS) pilot debuted last month before a packed auditorium in the southern city of Shenzhen. China’s first official carbon trade was greeted with fanfare and a well-choreographed script of climate officials....
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TIME | Jul 09, 2013
Existing research suggests that hurricanes could become stronger but less frequent thanks to climate change. But a new study says both could happen.
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NPR: Planet Money | Jun 28, 2013
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National Academy of Sciences | Jun 20, 2013
John Reilly, co-director of the Joint Program on Global Change, served on the committee responsible for a new National Research Council (NRC) report on the “Effects of U.S. Tax Policy on Greenhouse Gas Emissions.”
The report found that while tax...
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Washington Post: Wonk Blog | Jun 18, 2013
It’s something we hear from policymakers again and again: The world squanders too much energy. And wringing out that waste should be one of the...