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MIT Energy Inititiative | May 16, 2022
Energy storage important to creating affordable, reliable, deeply decarbonized electricity systems
MIT Energy Initiative report supports energy storage paired with renewable energy to achieve clean energy grids
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MIT News | May 13, 2022
MIT Climate “Plug-In” highlights first year of progress on MIT’s climate plan
Members of three working groups outline latest efforts implementing the ambitious plan, launched last year
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Commentary
The Hill | May 09, 2022
Fighting climate change in a fragmented world
Why it's important for U.S. scientists to sustain engagement with their Chinese and Russian peers (The Hill)
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MIT News | Apr 07, 2022
Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on using data and science to forecast climate-related risk
Faculty leaders highlight innovations that can close longstanding knowledge gaps and reimagine how the world responds to the climate crisis
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White paper: Climate-related macroeconomic risks and opportunities | Apr 06, 2022
White House releases white paper on how better modeling of broader economic impacts of climate change can help quantify economic and fiscal impacts of climate change and climate action
Council of Economic Advisers/OMB white paper highlights MIT Joint Program's EPPA and USREP as model examples (pp. 25-26) (White House)
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MIT News | Mar 28, 2022
Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on new pathways to decarbonizing industry
Faculty leaders detail promising technologies, materials, and methods that could help unlock a low-carbon future in sectors where emissions are hardest to cut
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MIT News | Mar 07, 2022
New maps show airplane contrails over the U.S. dropped steeply in 2020
The computer-vision technique behind these maps could help avoid contrail production, reducing aviation’s climate impact
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MIT News | Mar 05, 2022
Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on building equity and fairness into climate solutions
Faculty leaders discuss the opportunities and obstacles in developing, scaling, and implementing their work rapidly
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MIT News | Mar 01, 2022
Study reveals chemical link between wildfire smoke and ozone depletion
If wildfires become larger and more frequent, they might stall ozone recovery for years
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Inside Climate News | Feb 17, 2022
Corn-based ethanol may be worse for the climate than gasoline, a new study finds
Long touted as a renewable fuel emitting 20 percent fewer greenhouse gases than gasoline, ethanol’s emissions may be 24 percent higher. If verified, one expert said the finding shows ethanol failed spectacularly. (Inside Climate News)

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