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MIT News | Oct 04, 2019
MIT News: Joint Program Co-Director John Reilly and other panelists at MIT climate change symposium discuss climate science findings and stress urgent need for action (Video)
David L. Chandler | MIT News Office October 3, 2019
In the first of six symposia planned at MIT this academic year on the subject of climate change, panels of specialists on the science of global climate described the state of knowledge on the subject today. They also discussed the areas...
Commentary
Financial Times | Oct 02, 2019
IFPRI/MIT Joint Program study shows why (Financial Times)
BY CHANNING ARNDT
Climate change is already upon us. Proliferating and intensifying natural disasters, soaring numbers of endangered species, the melting Arctic and the expanding Sahara are all signs that global mitigation strategies are urgently needed to stave...
In The News
Associated Press | Sep 23, 2019
Co-Director John Reilly says he's never seen a busier or more important time for climate action (AP) (Additional Coverage: ABC News)
BySETH BORENSTEIN, AP SCIENCE WRITER
WASHINGTON — Sep 20, 2019, 1:03 PM
Get ready to hear about global warming — or the "climate emergency " as the United Nations is calling it.
In the next week, there will be climate strikes...
News Release
MIT News | Sep 17, 2019
How environmental taxes can work for everyone in Spain and beyond
Governments that impose taxes on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions can benefit from a cleaner, more climate-friendly environment and a revenue stream that can be tapped to lower other taxes and create jobs. But environmental taxes may also exact an excessive financial burden on...
In The News
PolitiFact | Sep 09, 2019
Joint Program Co-Director John Reilly highlights need for more precise language (Politifact)
By Jon Greenberg on Friday, September 6th, 2019 at 2:38 p.m.
Near the end of her turn on CNN’s climate change town-hall-a-thon, host Chris Cuomo asked Sen. Elizabeth Warren about lightbulbs. Specifically, if the government should be telling people the kind of lightbulbs they can...
Commentary
The Hill | Sep 06, 2019
Ongoing U.S. disengagement from global climate action poses significant risks at home and abroad
BY RICHARD RICHELS, HENRY JACOBY AND GARY YOHE, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS — 09/04/19 06:30 PM EDT 1,298
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL
The Trump administration’s rejection of efforts to limit human influence on the global climate is not...
Around Campus
MIT News | Aug 22, 2019
When the Hajj comes in summertime, in some years it may not be safe for participants to remain outdoors
For the world’s estimated 1.8 billion Muslims — roughly one-quarter of the world population — making a pilgrimage to Mecca is considered a religious duty that must be performed at least once in a lifetime, if health and finances permit. The ritual, known as the Hajj, includes about five days of...
In The News
Axios | Aug 20, 2019
CEEPR study makes extensive use of Joint Program's EPPA model (Axios) (Additional coverage: E&E News)
Even "modest" carbon taxes, like those seen in the chart above, would cut emissions as much as the Obama-era vehicle and power plant rules that President Trump is abandoning, an MIT economist found in a new working paper.
Why it matters: The results "underscore the economic power of a...
In The News
Axios | Aug 13, 2019
Study shows that health savings exceed costs of maintaining or strengthening renewables policies (Axios) (Additional coverage: The Verge, CleanTechnica)
Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios
News Release
MIT News | Aug 12, 2019
Health savings exceed policy costs
Amid rollbacks of the Clean Power Plan and other environmental regulations at the federal level, several U.S. states, cities and towns have resolved to take matters into their own hands and implement policies to promote renewable energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. One popular approach...