MIT’s Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change has pegged the annual cost of the proposed cap-and-trade legislation in Congress at $400 per U.S. household. But estimating the cost of doing nothing is far more difficult.
New workshop on building and sustaining clean energy businesses
New analysis shows that without proper regulation, biofuels programs aimed at curbing greenhouse gases could do just the opposite
Alum's 'state-of-the-shelf' energy-efficient house is among a bevy of new ideas for curbing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions presented at MIT's annual Energy Night.
The government regulates how food is produced. MIT anthropologist Heather Paxson studies the rebellious cheese-makers who reluctantly adhere to those rules.
MIT students develop concept for color-changing roof tiles that absorb heat in winter, reflect it in summer.
Comprehensive analysis of the odds of climate outcomes under different policy scenarios shows significant benefits from early actions.
Student biodiesel group cooks up its first batches of fuel made from recycled oil from campus dining facilities
Thomas Peacock sheds light on an odd but powerful phenomenon of sea and sky
Ahmed Ghoniem of mechanical engineering leads an MIT effort to make coal plants cleaner by using a pressurized combustion system to capture carbon dioxide.
Robustness comes from messiness, not a clean geometric
arrangement
A geotechnical engineer who served on the
panel reviewing the hurricane protection systems in New Orleans
following Hurricane Katrina is the new head
of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Climate change will yield more extreme rainfall, according to a new analysis.