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On Wednesday night, Oasis, a student team from Georgia Tech (center), won the $15,000 grand prize in the MIT Water Innovation Prize competition for its simple, inexpensive test for detecting E. coli in drinking water in India. Second-place prize...

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April 6, 2018

Simple, low-cost E. coli test wins MIT Water Innovation Prize

Nine student teams pitched solutions to global water issues at annual event.

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April 6, 2018

Letter regarding the Campus Sustainability Task Force final report

Putting a price on carbon, in the form of a fee or tax on the producers of fossil fuels, can be an effective way to curb emissions of greenhouse gases.

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April 6, 2018

Carbon taxes could make significant dent in climate change, study finds

Several different carbon-pricing approaches would help reduce emissions, and some would be fair as well, researchers report.

Artist’s view of the young Earth as it is believed to have looked 3.5 billion years agoImage: NASA GSFC

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April 4, 2018

Determining the timing of methanogen evolution

Scientists conclude methane-producing microbes date back 3.5 billion years, supporting the hypothesis that they could have contributed to early global warming.

“For buildings, placing too much emphasis on minimizing initial costs and not paying enough attention to the use phase can lead to higher costs, both environmentally and economically,” says Jeremy Gregory, executive director of the MIT Concret...

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March 30, 2018

With buildings and infrastructure, it pays to take a life-cycle perspective

Concrete Sustainability Hub research shows life-cycle thinking has long-term environmental and economic payoffs.

Daniel Kammen, professor of energy at the University of California at Berkeley, spoke on clean energy innovation and implementation in a talk at MIT.Photo: Francesca McCaffrey/MIT Energy Initiative

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March 28, 2018

3 Questions: Innovating for the clean energy economy

Daniel Kammen of the University of California at Berkeley discusses current efforts in clean energy innovation and implementation, and what's coming next.