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The Center for Social Innovation in Toronto is making financial support available for winners of the contest, which is being held on MIT’s Climate CoLab platform.Image courtesy of Solar Charged Driving.

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June 20, 2018

Contest is crowdsourcing strategies to reduce pollution from small businesses

Toronto's Center for Social Innovation seeks solutions with a contest on MIT's Climate CoLab platform, providing up to $432,000 to fund pilot projects.

Roughly 60 percent of the global population lives in Asia, often with limited access to water.

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June 19, 2018

Study: Climate action can limit Asia’s growing water shortages

Following the Paris accord could reduce risk of severe water-access problems, researchers find.

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June 18, 2018

Checking China’s pollution by satellite

Study finds reduction in sulfur emissions from power plants.

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June 18, 2018

Checking China’s pollution, by satellite

Study finds reduction in sulfur emissions from power plants.

Several years ago, Daniel Cohn (left) and Leslie Bromberg took on the challenge of designing a low-emissions, fuel-efficient replacement for the polluting diesel engines traditionally viewed as the only viable option for powering heavy-duty trucks...

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June 13, 2018

Getting the world off dirty diesels

Gasoline-alcohol engines for heavy-duty trucks could produce a meaningful improvement in global air quality.

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June 12, 2018

3Q: Ernest Moniz on the Vatican climate dialogue

Professor emeritus and former U.S. energy secretary reflects on recent meeting with Pope Francis and energy and finance leaders.

On the roof of the Central Utility Plant building, standing in front of one of the cooling towers, are (left to right): Seth Kinderman, Central Utility Plant engineering manager; Kripa Varanasi, associate professor of mechanical engineering; recen...

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June 8, 2018

New system recovers fresh water from power plants

Technology captures water evaporating from cooling towers; prototype to be installed on MIT’s Central Utility Plant.

“If you’re really interested in understanding why we should be doing things about climate change,” says senior Saleem Aldajani, “this class prepares you to talk about the issue coherently at conferences, or with specialists, and make a...

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June 5, 2018

The moral calculus of climate change

In a “mathy” philosophy class, students explore the risks, outcomes, and ethical implications of living in a warming world.

When PhD student Tiziana Smith isn’t at her computer refining or running her models, she can be found organizing activities and initiatives to help her fellow graduate students find mentors and become leaders themselves. Image: Jake Belcher

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May 31, 2018

How many people can China feed?

Graduate student Tiziana Smith studies links between water availability and crop yields in the world’s most populous country.