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Environmental Research | Apr 26, 2011
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) can make a significant contribution towards reducing ozone levels. That's according to a study by US researchers who modelled the effect of different charging scenarios for PHEVs on ozone levels over the state of Texas, US.
Many regions of Texas fail to...
MIT News | Apr 25, 2011
MIT Tech TVPhoto credits: Justin Knight
U.S. chief climate negotiator, MIT panel examine the science and policy of global warming
Signing a legally binding treaty that would force emissions reductions throughout the world is not likely in the near future,...
MIT News | Apr 22, 2011
In MIT visit, Lisa Jackson discusses how technology can affect government regulations.
Technological innovations have the ability to change environmental policies just as much as those policies can affect innovation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson said...
Apr 21, 2011
Todd Stern, US Special Envoy for Climate Change
Apr 21, 2011
Moderator: John Reilly Kerry Emanuel '76, PhD '78 Ronald G. Prinn SCD '71 Chris Knittel Ernest J. Moniz Sarah Slaughter '82, SM '87, PhD '91
MIT News | Apr 19, 2011
While impacts will vary by region, projections indicate that drought frequency will increase throughout most of the contiguous United States.
Danya Rumore, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
The impacts of drought in the United States are estimated to cost an average of $6 to...
Student Spotlight
Apr 01, 2011
We may always crowd stores for last-minute essentials before a storm. But how can we prepare years, and even decades, ahead of the next big one? Megan Lickley is shedding a little light for the energy sector before she leaves MIT.
Apr 01, 2011
Ron Prinn speaking at the NAS Sackler Colloquia. This meeting was held March 31-April 2, 2011 at the AAAS Auditorium, in Washington, D.C. and was organized by Rita Colwell, Christopher Field, Jeffrey Shaman, and Susan Solomon.
Mar 29, 2011
Noelle Eckley Selin
MIT News | Mar 18, 2011
New report from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and the Policy of Global Change analyzes the impact of border carbon adjustments.
Allison Crimmins, MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
When one country decides to unilaterally implement climate legislation, there is...