Not easy being green
MIT historian Harriet Ritvo explains how a battle to save an English lake helped found modern environmentalism — but might worry greens today
MIT’s big wheel in Copenhagen
New bicycle wheel not only boosts power, but also can keep track of friends, fitness, smog and traffic
Harnessing the world’s collective intelligence to deal with climate change
Climate Collaboratorium lets the public review the impacts of plans now being discussed and debated internationally
Assessing the impact of ‘Climategate’
At Dec. 10 forum, MIT faculty experts discussed what 'Climategate' really means for climate science and the ongoing policy negotiations in the Congress and at Copenhagen.
MIT goes to Copenhagen
Delegation of MIT professors, students and alumni attend historic global warming conference to present research and report on event
3 Questions: Henry Jacoby on Copenhagen
The co-director of MIT’s Global Change program discusses what to expect from the U.N. Climate Change Conference, and the effects of ‘Climategate’
Solving history’s ‘largest mass poisoning’
Research points to carbon in man-made ponds as catalyst for arsenic contamination in Bangladeshi wells
Good food nation
MIT researchers think America's obesity epidemic can be reversed via ‘foodsheds,’ in which healthier, more affordable food is produced and consumed regionally.
Energy, environment, health care discussed at annual Systems Thinking Conference
On Oct. 22-23, MIT faculty and industry leaders discussed the need for a systems-based approach to tackle complex challenges such as health care, energy, and the environment at the 2009 MIT conference on systems thinking for contemporary challenges.
The politics of climate fixes
Judith Layzer says there’s no easy way out when it comes to climate change — but that geo-engineering might be a last-ditch solution.
3 Questions: Sergey Paltsev on the costs of climate-change legislation
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.
MIT Sloan launches "Clean Energy Ventures"
New workshop on building and sustaining clean energy businesses
Renewable fuels may have hidden costs, study says
New analysis shows that without proper regulation, biofuels programs aimed at curbing greenhouse gases could do just the opposite