John Fernández: Growing grassroots for sustainability on campus and abroad
Environmental Solutions Initiative’s new director discusses sustainable development, student engagement, and making Baker House his home.
MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI)
Addressing climate change with Low-Carbon Energy Centers
New interdisciplinary centers will advance clean technology in key areas.
Designing climate-friendly concrete, from the nanoscale up
New understanding of concrete’s properties could increase lifetime of the building material, decrease emissions.
Buongiorno, Whyte win Sloan Foundation grant
$1M Sloan Foundation grant supports NSE-led Future of Nuclear Energy Technologies study
Regulating particulate pollution: Novel analysis yields new insights
MIT researchers demonstrate a new approach to designing location-specific emissions-control measures.
Leading and transforming the global energy sector to address climate change
2016 C3E symposium convenes international leaders on climate, energy, and diversity.
The promise of fluorescent polymer gels
Color-changing materials could be used to detect structural failure in energy-related equipment.
Mapping coal’s decline and renewables' rise
CoalMap online tool shows what policy regulations and technological advancements can do for the cost-competitiveness of solar and wind energy.
Air quality sensors track pollution
Research from MIT's Tata Center for Technology and Design is helping to quantify emissions in the world’s most polluted cities.
Biofuels: Too early or too late?
Professor Kristala Prather engages undergrads in a discussion about the future of biofuels.
Carbon pricing under binding political constraints
Grad student Jesse Jenkins and professor Valerie Karplus discuss challenges of emissions pricing in a new paper.
3 Questions: Amit Kumar and Gregory Stephanopoulos on turning waste gases into biofuels
Research conducted by Kumar, along with a team led by Professor Greg Stephanopoulos, looks to the future of emissions reduction and recycling.
MIT outlines progress on its five-year climate action plan
Progress report underscores strong collaboration across campus to address climate change.