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Feb 27, 2023
Episode explores technological innovations needed by 2050 to keep global climate targets in play
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MIT News | Feb 14, 2023
New modeling tool enables rapid design of effective and equitable policy combinations
Climate policies are typically designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that result from human activities and drive climate change. The largest source of these emissions is the combustion of fossil fuels, which increases atmospheric concentrations of ozone, fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and...
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Energy Futures | Jan 26, 2023
Energy Futures highlights MIT Joint Program study
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Energy transition could leave fossil energy producers and investors with costly stranded assetsMARK DWORTZAN · JANUARY 25, 2023 · MIT JOINT PROGRAM ON THE SCIENCE AND POLICY OF GLOBAL CHANGE
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Popular Science | Jan 20, 2023
Heavy-duty vehicles contribute about 23 percent of greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector (Popular Science)
Last December, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized its emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles as part of its Clean Trucks Plan, clean air regulations that aim to reduce greenhouse gasses (GHG) and pollutants from the transportation sector.
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New York Times | Jan 19, 2023
New technologies, including one fuel extracted from the atmosphere itself, could make flying more sustainable. But the challenges are many and the timeline is uncertain. (New York Times)
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MIT News | Jan 13, 2023
New research quantifies how much very hot temperatures restrict outdoor activity in China
Extreme temperatures make people less likely to pursue outdoor activities they would otherwise make part of their daily routine, a new study led by MIT researchers has confirmed.
The data-rich study, set in China, shows that when hourly temperatures reach 30 degrees Celsius (86...
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Boston Globe | Dec 23, 2022
MIT Joint Program Deputy Director C. Adam Schlosser served on report's Climate Science Review Panel; Research Scientist Kenneth Strzepek served on its Climate Assessment Consultant Team (Boston Globe)
Climate change is set to take a massive toll on Massachusetts’ public health, ecosystems, infrastructure, and economy before the century’s end, according to a recent state report.
The massive 2022 Climate Change Assessment reviews the latest climate science to predict the ways global...
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Men's Journal | Dec 21, 2022
MIT Joint Program Deputy Director Sergey Paltsev notes need to further reduce emissions associated with EV production and power sources (Men's Journal)
SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM
How Fully (Un)prepared Is America for a Supercharged Electric Vehicle Rollout in the Near Future?by Jesse Will
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Global Changes - Fall 2022 Newsletter | Dec 19, 2022
Insights, news, projects, publications and other developments at the MIT Joint Program
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MIT News | Dec 02, 2022
Health benefits of using wind energy instead of fossil fuels could quadruple if the most polluting power plants are selected for dialing down, new study finds (MIT News) (Coverage: US News & World Report, HealthDay, The HIll, The Verge, Technology Review)
Nearly 10 percent of today’s electricity in the United States comes from wind power. The renewable energy source benefits climate, air quality, and public health by displacing emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants that would otherwise be produced by fossil-fuel-based power plants....