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Scientific American | Jun 15, 2019
Even where the majority of the population favors climate action, carbon pricing is a tough sell, cautions MIT CEEPR Director Christopher Knittel (Scientific American)
Prices on carbon are not strict enough to make significant dents in emissions
By Benjamin Storrow, E&E News on June 13, 2019
Global climate awareness may never have been higher, but two recent studies show just how much work the world has to do to turn its carbon-cutting...
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MIT News | Jun 07, 2019
Michael Bloomberg announces new Beyond Carbon initiative in his Commencement address
David L. Chandler | MIT News Office June 7, 2019
In his Commencement address to the MIT graduating Class of 2019, entrepreneur, engineer, and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a landmark pledge to combat climate change: a $500 million investment in a program called Beyond...
News Brief
MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences | May 29, 2019
EAPS oceanographers--including Joint Program Principal Research Scientist Stephanie Dutkiewicz--model how climate change will affect phytoplankton, a crucial component of the global ecosystem
Eva Frederick, Karina Hinojosa, Devi Lockwood, Gina Vitale | MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Phytoplankton, also known as microalgae, are not only beautiful, but are the base of the marine food chain, provide much of the world’s oxygen, and capture...
In The News
International Shipping News | May 24, 2019
Climate change is altering the color of our planet (International Shipping News)
in International Shipping News 23/05/2019
May 23, 2019
Gretchen Daily describes a powerful approach to valuing nature in policy and finance in the 17th annual Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture.
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Technology Review | May 22, 2019
The apparent spike in CFC-11 production in China underscores the importance of ongoing emissions monitoring—and the limits of our current system (Technology Review)
by James Temple
May 22, 2019
An international scientific mystery story began to unfold a year ago, when scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) unveiled a surprising finding in the journal Nature: some factories, somewhere, appeared to be...
News Release
May 22, 2019
Despite global phase-out, ozone-depleting chemical still in production in eastern China
Since 2013, annual emissions of a banned chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) have increased by nearly 8,000 tons from eastern China, according to new research published in Nature today by an international team of scientists from the United Kingdom, South Korea, Japan, the United States, Australia and...
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PolitiFact | May 08, 2019
To get to yes, PolitiFact interviewed MIT Joint Program Co-Director John Reilly and other experts on the subject
Joe Biden may not be the most progressive candidate in the crowded Democratic primary field. But one thing is for certain: Among 2020 presidential candidates, he has the longest legislative record on climate change.
In fact, Biden has taken this title a good deal further by claiming to...
News Release
May 07, 2019
MIT Joint Program Co-Director John Reilly judges Sustainable Resource Use category
Eighteen winners earned top spots in the 8th annual “World of 7 Billion” video contest sponsored by Population Connection, a national grassroots population organization that educates young people and advocates for progressive action to stabilize world population at a level that can be sustained...