A new MIT study finds that the health benefits associated with wind power could more than quadruple if operators prioritized turning down output from the most polluting fossil-fuel-based power plants when energy from wind i...
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A healthy wind

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.
A keynote conversation from the MIT Conference on Mining, Environment, and Society. Clockwise from top left: Professor Deanna Kemp of the University of Queensland Center for Social Responsibility in Mining; Rohitesh Dhawan, presiden...
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Mining for the clean energy transition

MIT Conference on Mining, Environment, and Society convenes academics, industry, policymakers, and NGOs to discuss challenges of supplying the materials for clean energy.
In the future, electric vehicles could boost renewable energy growth by serving as “energy storage on wheels” — charging their batteries from the power grid as they do now, as well as reversing the flow to send power back an...
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Reversing the charge

Battery power from electric vehicles to the grid could open a fast lane to a net-zero future.
Associate Professor of Political Science Mai Hassan Photo: Gretchen Ertl
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Machinery of the state

Associate Professor Mai Hassan documents bureaucratic systems in Eastern Africa set up for coercion, as well as roadblocks to democratic government.