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MIT ClimateCoLab
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MIT Climate´s blog series on energy access notes that an alarming number of households in Europe were unable to keep their homes adequately warm in winter. #energy #poverty #climatechange https://t.co/2NQ9GnXsdT
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Nobel Prize winner Esther Duflo, who co-founded MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, said poorer nations are at ‘dramatic’ risk if richer countries do not help them to mitigate and adapt to climate change. #climate #inequality #climatechange https://t.co/QG8RcgttlR
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The Nobel Prize winner Esther Duflo said poorer nations are at ‘dramatic’ risk if policies, attitudes and support from rich countries do not improve.
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MIT researchers have developed a passive cooling system that uses no electric power and can preserve food crops and supplement conventional air conditioners in buildings. #cooling #climate #mitresearch https://t.co/Bn3howzdYg
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MIT ClimateCoLab
3 years
MIT’s Janelle Knox-Hayes and Donald Sadoway co-authored a paper that calls for engaging local stakeholders in a “co-design” process as a way of encouraging community acceptance of wind power projects. #renewable #energy #codesign https://t.co/gw2G3A8Cr2
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MIT ClimateCoLab
3 years
Download the new guide for educators to teach students about “Electric Vehicles and Climate Change” developed by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative. #miteducation #electricvehicles #mitclimate https://t.co/nOwct71Yes
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MIT ClimateCoLab
3 years
MIT graduate student Pablo Leon is developing a machine-learning tool for scientists to automate the evaluation of battery materials. #mitresearch #batteries #mitscientists https://t.co/0b4u7LWr9D
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MIT ClimateCoLab
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MIT professor Harry L. Tuller is working on methods that could significantly increase the lifetimes of fuel cells. #mitresearch #fuelcells #mitclimate https://t.co/8ykrPc7Adk
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MIT ClimateCoLab
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Boston Metal, an MIT startup, is working to transition the steel industry from coal-based fuel to sustainably produced electricity. #mitstartup #climate #greensteel https://t.co/Lm5V7jwPND
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Boston Metal has developed a way to manufacture iron using sustainable electricity.
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MIT ClimateCoLab
3 years
“I want to find ways to save the world with nuclear,” says Anne White, the head of MIT´s Nuclear Science and Engineering department. She has done path-breaking fusion research. #mitclimate #nuclear #fusion https://t.co/0YTbDx2XZX
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MIT ClimateCoLab
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MIT researchers used DNA to drive a highly efficient conversion process that turns CO2 into valuable products. #mitresearch #mitclimate #sustainablematerials https://t.co/MuZAf2dCTl
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MIT ClimateCoLab
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MIT researchers developed a new cost-effective battery that uses aluminum. Its materials cost is 85 percent lower than lithium batteries. #batteries #mitresearch #greenenergy https://t.co/f7j8BBkrP8
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science.org
New materials could lead to batteries that charge in minutes
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MIT ClimateCoLab
3 years
A carbon price should be equal to the “social cost of carbon.” For example, if one ton of CO2 emissions costs the public $100, it should cost $100 to emit that ton of CO2. Read MIT Climate´s explainer: https://t.co/JnZJOcxyRp #carbonpricing #costofcarbon #mitclimate
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MIT ClimateCoLab
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Almost 25% of the energy produced worldwide is used to heat and cool homes and commercial buildings. Learn more in MIT Climate´s explainer. #heating #cooling #hvac #mitclimate https://t.co/bIXdwBAqwS
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MIT ClimateCoLab
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MIT researchers have created a cost model that can facilitate the transition from fossil fuels to hydrogen for trucking, shipping, and aviation. #hydrogen #costmodeling #mitclimate https://t.co/W5z8Z0UxnA
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MIT ClimateCoLab
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Somerville startup Transaera is working to design air conditioners that use dramatically less energy. The company has raised an initial funding round of $4.5 million. #airconditioning #climate #energy https://t.co/QAbS8yq7ay
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bostonglobe.com
Transaera is working to design new air conditioners that require dramatically less energy. This month, it plans to announce that it has raised an initial funding round of $4.5 million.
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MIT ClimateCoLab
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A new Nature study led by MIT researchers estimates that the transition to low-carbon energy will lead to significant stranded asset costs for fossil energy producers and investors. #energy #fossil #mitclimate https://t.co/Q2eWeN5Y4Y
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A study led by MIT researchers estimates the current global asset value of untapped fossil fuels through 2050 under four increasingly ambitious climate-policy scenarios.
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MIT ClimateCoLab
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MIT graduates see hydropower as a key technology in the transition to sustainable energy and founded a company to make hydro plants more sustainable. #hydropower #energy #mitstartups https://t.co/YtvHLERzfN
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MIT ClimateCoLab
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MIT engineers found that by modeling the wind flow of an entire collection of wind turbines rather than only individual ones, performance can be improved drastically. #energy #wind #mitenergy https://t.co/BXk8ggbvp3
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MIT ClimateCoLab
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Join Wazoku´s crowdsourcing platform to participate in both future Climate CoLab challenges and InnoCentive challenges that address sustainability-related topics. #climatesolutions #climatecolab https://t.co/XKgMhWPijP
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