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MIT Energy Inititiative | Nov 03, 2023
The MIT Energy Initiative’s Annual Research Conference highlights strategies for implementing large-scale reductions in the world’s greenhouse gas emissions (MIT Energy Initiative)
How to decarbonize the world, at scale
The MIT Energy Initiative’s Annual Research Conference highlights strategies for implementing large-scale reductions in the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.
MIT Energy Initiative
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November 3, 2023
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MIT News | Nov 01, 2023
An expert on the environmental impacts of aviation, Barrett succeeds Daniel Hastings as department head (MIT News)
Steven Barrett, the H.N. Slater Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, has been named the new head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AeroAstro), effective Nov. 1.
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Oct 26, 2023
AGAGE network marks 45 years of tracking and tracing potentially harmful atmospheric gases
Emissions of CFC-11, a chlorofluorocarbon once frequently used in cooling and insulation systems to improve the quality of life, can also endanger life. Upon entry into the stratosphere where solar ultraviolet radiation is strong, CFC-11 decomposes, resulting in the release of chlorine, which...
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MIT Climate Portal | Oct 20, 2023
Almost certainly not—but unless we act quickly to stop warming the planet, there will be very severe consequences for many, many people (MIT Climate Portal)
October 20, 2023
First, the good news: climate scientists, as a whole, are not warning us to prepare for the apocalypse. The most recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)—a group of hundreds of scientists working with the United Nations to analyze climate...
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MIT Climate Portal | Oct 19, 2023
MIT Joint Program Director Ronald Prinn joins MIT’s TILclimate podcast to discuss the past, present and future of how refrigerants affect our planet (MIT Climate Portal)
E3: Don't throw away your refrigerator
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Oct 06, 2023
MIT Joint Program presentations highlight multiple sustainability challenges and solutions
The preeminent conference for the advancement of Earth and space sciences, the AGU (American Geophysical Union) Fall Meeting draws more than 25,000 attendees from over 100 countries each year to share research findings and identify innovative solutions to complex problems. Organized around the...
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PNAS | Sep 26, 2023
Joint Program faculty affiliate Noelle Selin and co-authors highlight recent advances in modeling Earth/human systems dynamics to inform sustainable development (PNAS)
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Washington Post | Sep 22, 2023
The ozone layer’s effect on our lives may be more complicated than it seems (Washington Post)
Almost half a century ago, scientists began to theorize that a certain class of chemicals — which were found in virtually every air conditioner, aerosol can and refrigerator around the world — had a particularly dangerous side effect. These...
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Sep 21, 2023
Report relies substantially on MIT Joint Program's U.S. Regional Energy Policy (USREP) model projections (U.S. EPA)
Electric Sector Emissions Impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act
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