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CNN | Aug 25, 2011
By Kerry Emanuel, Special to CNN
August 25, 2011 11:45 p.m. EDT
Editor's note: Kerry Emanuel is a professor of meteorology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
(CNN) -- At this moment, Hurricane Irene poses a risk to almost everyone living along the Eastern Seaboard, from Florida to the...
Environmental Research Letters News | Aug 01, 2011
Nadya Anscombe
If wind power is going to meet 20% of our predicted energy needs in 2100, millions of wind turbines must be installed around the globe. Modelling performed by researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US, has shown that these vast wind farms, if installed in offshore...
The Mercury Game | Jul 20, 2011
Texas Green Report (Sierra Club) | Jul 19, 2011
Dr. Tammy Thompson, postdoctoral associate from the MIT Joint Program for the Science and Policy of Global Change, will be speaking at a press conference held by the Texas Sierra Club at the Houston City Hall on Tuesday, July 19, 10:00am. Dr. Thompson wil be speaking on air pollution in Texas.
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Brookings | Jul 11, 2011
As the world economy attempts to balance burgeoning energy demand with lower carbon emissions, natural gas has become a central pillar of energy strategy in both the developed and developing world. Advances in exploration and production technology have led to newly abundant sources of “...
MIT News | Jun 16, 2011
At MIT, former Michigan governor touts new bipartisan initiatives to make the U.S. the world’s clean-energy champ.
David L. Chandler, MIT News Office
In a spirited talk at MIT, former Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm presented a plan for a bipartisan initiative that she said could help the...
Jun 14, 2011
Moderator: Ronald G. Prinn MIT President Susan Hockfield Governor Deval Patrick Governor Jennifer Granholm
MIT News | Jun 13, 2011
The New York Times - Dot Earth | Jun 09, 2011
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has released “The Future of Natural Gas,” the latest in its valuable series of reports examining global energy choices. The report lays out a path for exploiting this abundant and relatively clean source of energy in ways that could...
MIT News | Jun 09, 2011
With rising energy prices, could coal-to-liquid conversion become an economical fuel option?
Converting coal into liquid fuels is known to be more costly than current energy technologies, both in terms of production costs and the amount of greenhouse gases the process emits. Production of coal-to-...