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As gasoline prices continue to remain high, with the nationwide average jumping 19 cents a gallon in March, Americans and automakers alike are investing in alternatives. But what’s the most effective way forward for the auto industry? Toyota’s Tom Stricker — the company's Vice President,...
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MIT researchers join Boston Globe panel in weighing climate risks and resolutions.
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Proposed new emissions standards would limit carbon dioxide produced by new power plants, which would probably prohibit construction of any coal-fired facilities.
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CLPs Peter Littlewood talks with MIT researchers and students about the country’s strengths and the United States’s opportunity to embrace them.
Just weeks after an MIT report showed fast-growing nations such as China and India would drive energy growth over the next half century, the Institute received a visit from a leading company powering that growth.
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New MIT analysis shows there’s enough room to safely store at least a century’s worth of U.S. fossil fuel emissions.
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MIT report shows China and developing nations will come to dominate emissions that promote climate change
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Christopher Knittel had big dreams heading into college. Those dreams involved baseball.
“I entered undergraduate with the hopes of being a professional baseball player,” says Knittel, who was good enough to make the team at California State University-Stanislaus as a second baseman. ...