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Researcher Highlight
MIT News | Mar 04, 2013
President Barack Obama announced today that he intends to nominate MIT’s Ernest J. Moniz to head the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
Moniz is the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems, as well as the director of the MIT Energy...
Student Spotlight
Mar 02, 2013
Paul Kishimoto is intrigued by the question: How will we sustain the ways we move? To answer that, he’s tackled an issue of great uncertainty and concern—specifically regarding China’s transportation future.
In The News
Washington Post | Feb 23, 2013
By Brad Plumer
February 22, 2013
What’s the best way to curtail gasoline consumption? Economists tend to agree on the answer here: Higher gas taxes at the pump are more effective than stricter fuel-economy standards for cars and trucks.
Much more effective, in fact. A...
Commentary
NY Times | Feb 22, 2013
THE average price of gasoline in the United States, $3.78 on Thursday, has been steadily climbing for more than a month and is approaching the three previous post-recession peaks, in May 2011 and in April and September of last year.
But if our goal is to get Americans to drive less and use more...
News Release
Link to Article | Feb 21, 2013
MIT researchers find vehicle efficiency standards are at least six times more costly than a tax on fuel.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Valerie Karplus makes her case in an op-ed in the NY Times...
In The News
Nature | Feb 15, 2013
Nature: Natural hazards: New York vs the sea
By: Jeff Tollefson
February 13, 2013
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, scientists and officials are trying to protect the largest US city from future floods.
Joe Leader's heart sank as he descended into the South Ferry subway station at the southern tip of...
Researcher Highlight
EAPS | Feb 13, 2013
Susan Solomon has won both the Vetlesen Prize and a 2012 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award.
The Vetlesen Prize...
In The News
MIT Joint Program | Feb 12, 2013
IN THE NEWS: Changing with the climate
MIT News
January 25, 2013
MIT researchers, Massachusetts officials highlight strategies to adapt to climate change.
Just days after President Obama called for action on...
Recent Event
MIT News | Feb 12, 2013
Last month, the United Nations Environment Programme agreed on the first major environmental treaty in over a decade. Its focus was reducing mercury pollution. There to participate in the events were ten MIT students and their instructor Noelle Selin, a researcher with the Joint Program on the...
Recent Event
MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change | Feb 11, 2013
As Massachusetts and communities throughout the country face the realities of a world where severe weather events like Super Storm Sandy could become more common, smart adaptation strategies are needed. MIT students and researchers brought their latest ideas and findings to the table at an event on...