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MIT News | Jan 17, 2012
By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office
SOURCE: NASA
If you’re planning to build that dream beach house along the East Coast of the United States, or would like to relocate to the Caribbean, a new study by economists and climate scientists suggests you may want to reconsider.
Researchers from MIT...
News Release
MIT News | Jan 10, 2012
By: Vicki Ekstrom, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Regional climate policies depend largely on fiscal strategies and can have spiraling effects throughout the globe, a new MIT report further proves in the January edition of the...
In The News
MIT News | Jan 04, 2012
Automakers have made great strides in fuel efficiency in recent decades — but the mileage numbers of individual vehicles have barely increased. An MIT economist explains the conundrum.
By: Peter Dizikes, MIT News Office
Contrary to common perception, the major automakers have produced large...
News Release
MIT News | Jan 03, 2012
By: Vicki Ekstrom, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Shale gas — a resource that has grown significantly in just the last few years to one-quarter of the domestic gas supply — is cheaper and involves fewer emissions than traditional coal or oil. But recent...
Student Spotlight
Jan 02, 2012
“I wouldn’t have come to MIT if I wasn’t able to be on the China Project because it is a unique combination of this broad focus on technology and policy, but also a dedicated focus on China, which is pretty rare in this field,” Davidson says.
3 Questions
Jan 01, 2012
3 Questions with John Reilly
Q: What is the concept behind “green growth” and related ideas--are green growth policies effective?
MIT News | Dec 21, 2011
As the world’s population continues to expand, our natural resources will become increasingly strained. In an effort to find sustainable solutions for the planet’s growing population while minimizing environmental impacts, MIT’s Environmental Research Council (ERC) has put forward a detailed...
Dec 13, 2011
This talk will describe the tremendous potential benefits of shale gas and the environmental challenges posed by shale gas production. John Deutch will review the work of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Shale Gas Subcommittee, which he chaired, including the recommendations, the reasons...
MIT News | Dec 05, 2011
MIT report shows that with new policies, U.S. electric grid could handle expected influx of electric cars and wind and solar generation.
Over the next two decades, the U.S. electric grid will face unprecedented technological challenges stemming from the growth of distributed and intermittent...