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(From left) MIT Professor of Electrical Engineering Steven Leeb, graduate student John Donnal, and electrical engineer and consultant Jim Paris PhD ’13

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August 1, 2016

What’s wasting power at home? Ask your app!

New system from MIT can identify how much power is being used by each device in a household.

Zhang Gaoli (seated, right), vice premier of China, whose portfolio includes environmental issues, speaks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the outset of a meeting about climate change and other topics at the Great Hall of the People i...

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July 29, 2016

Meeting climate goals through international carbon markets

Linking emissions trading systems in developed and developing countries could yield environmental, economic benefits.

MIT Energy Initiative researchers are making technological progress across the low-carbon energy spectrum.

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July 28, 2016

Addressing climate change with Low-Carbon Energy Centers

New interdisciplinary centers will advance clean technology in key areas.

Roughness- and deflection-induced excess carbon dioxide emissions on Virginia’s Interstate Highway network in 2013

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July 26, 2016

Data-driven approach to pavement management lowers greenhouse gas emissions

“The Cultures of Markets: The Political Economy of Climate Governance,” by Janelle Knox-Hayes (pictured), published by Oxford University Press.

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July 26, 2016

Market makers

Good emissions trading programs are unique, not one-size-fits-all, new book argues.

Waste Audit volunteers

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July 22, 2016

Audit Uncovers Waste Composition of MIT Campus

Left to right: Roland Pellenq of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), Katerina Ioannidou of the MIT Energy Initiative, and Franz-Josef Ulm of CEE have developed a detailed understanding of the nanoscale forces at work a...

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July 21, 2016

Designing climate-friendly concrete, from the nanoscale up

New understanding of concrete’s properties could increase lifetime of the building material, decrease emissions.

A five-day MIT Professional Education course — Agriculture, Innovation, and the Environment — showcased new technologies and strategies for making the agriculture industry more productive.

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July 19, 2016

Growing season

New professional education program on agriculture, innovation, and the environment attracts global agricultural leaders to MIT.

Clusters of four or more small satellites could look at a single location on Earth from multiple angles, and measure that location’s total reflectance with an error that is half that of single satellites in operation today, an MIT-led study suggests.

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July 12, 2016

Better views with smaller satellites

Batches of shoebox-sized satellites could improve estimates of Earth’s reflected energy.

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