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NPR: Planet Money | Jun 28, 2013
Recent Event • China Energy & Climate Project
Link to Article | Jun 27, 2013
Chinese policymakers, senior academics, and more than 100 researchers, scientists and industry leaders gathered last week for the Second Annual Stakeholders Meeting of the Tsinghua-MIT China Energy and Climate Project (CECP). At the yearly gathering, participants reflected on the state of climate...
In The News
Energywire | Jun 26, 2013
By: Joel Kirkland and Peter Behr
June 26, 2013
President Obama's plan to use a mixture of mandates and flexible regulation to cut greenhouse gas emissions is being viewed by energy industry experts through an age-old axiom: The devil is in the details.
The plan appears to be a shot in the arm for...
In The News
Bloomberg Businessweek | Jun 25, 2013
By: Elizabeth Rowe
June 25, 2013
We all know that air conditioning eats up an enormous amount of energy. We also know that installing ceiling fans would allow us to use the air conditioner a lot less. And we all know the savings over time would pay for the ceiling fan. So why aren’t there more...
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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 policies can make a substantial contribution to...
Recent Event
Cargill | Jun 19, 2013
Creating a more food-secure world through adaptation and resilience
MIT Global Change Forum - Boston, MassachusettsGreg Page, Cargill Chairman and Chief Executive Officer June 4, 2013
(As prepared remarks)
I am very happy to be here this evening and glad that John Reilly extended the invitation....
News Release
MIT News Office | Jun 18, 2013
June 17, 2013
Vicki Ekstrom
MIT Energy Initiative
Energy efficiency promises to cut emissions, reduce dependence on foreign fuel, and mitigate climate change. As such, governments around the world are spending tens of billions of dollars to support energy-efficiency regulations, technologies and...
In The News
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 easiest...
News Release
MIT News | Jun 17, 2013
June 14, 2013
Alli Gold
MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
After the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, energy experts and policymakers around the world began to reassess the future of nuclear power. Countries, including Japan and Germany, have since scaled back or plan to...
News Release
MIT News | Jun 13, 2013
June 13, 2013
Alli Gold
MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
If you know how much something costs, you can budget and plan ahead. With this in mind, a team of researchers from MIT, the World Bank and the International Food Policy Research Institute recently developed a...