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MIT expert: How to toughen up environmental treaties

February 16, 2008

A member of the Honduran woodcutting cooperative at work in the Biosphere Rio Platano, where they have been logging in a sustainable way under the guidance of the Rainforest Alliance and the State Forestry Administration.

Saving the rainforest with ... toys?

February 13, 2008

MIT to review U.S. energy technology innovation

February 7, 2008

New MIT program aims to monitor air, water quality around the globe

February 5, 2008

MIT Professor Heidi Nepf of civil and environmental engineering is working with scaled physical models of river plants, at right, to understand more precisely how water moves through such plants and their effect on aquatic ecology.

River plants may play major role in health of ocean coastal waters

January 31, 2008

MIT and ABB announce energy research partnership

Five-year, $5-million partnership to help develop green technologies and train graduate students

January 24, 2008

Recipients of first round of seed grants for MIT energy research

January 15, 2008

MIT Energy Initiative announces first seed grant winners for energy research

More than $1.6 million to fund projects

January 15, 2008

MIT, Eni announce energy research partnership

Advanced solar program planned

January 15, 2008

For seawalls, beauty is in the eye of the holder

January 11, 2008

Nicolina Akraboff, left, works on an MIT product engineering course project while Roderick La Foy looks on. The two mechanical engineering seniors were part of a team that sewed discarded, flattened plastic bottles together to create insulation for thin walls in Pakistani homes.

Students unveil eco-product prototypes

December 18, 2007

U.K.'s Stern eyes economic and policy responses to climate change

November 28, 2007

Seven-year-old Juliana Bach uses drops of dye and floating beads to study the pattern of water movement in a shallow basin. Juliana conducted the experiment as part of her dream come true to be a "scientist for a day," enabled by the Make-A-Wish Foundation and MIT. Heidi Nepf, rear, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, came up with a number of experiments for Juliana to do.

MIT hosts Make-A-Wish event

November 16, 2007

Study sees potential for acceleration in U.S. emissions

November 13, 2007

MIT student Julia Kiberd '08 pedals the specially adapted exercise bike, generating power for the laptop she's using to check her e-mail. Helping to host the Student Center display of the bike are (from left) technical instructor Stephen Rudolph, Kendra Johnson '09, IT energy coordinator Laxmi Rao and civil and environmental engineering senior research associate John Germaine.

Students get charge out of pedal power

November 8, 2007

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Saving the rainforest with ... toys?

MIT to review U.S. energy technology innovation

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River plants may play major role in health of ocean coastal waters

MIT and ABB announce energy research partnership

Recipients of first round of seed grants for MIT energy research

MIT Energy Initiative announces first seed grant winners for energy research

MIT, Eni announce energy research partnership

For seawalls, beauty is in the eye of the holder

Students unveil eco-product prototypes

U.K.'s Stern eyes economic and policy responses to climate change

MIT hosts Make-A-Wish event

Study sees potential for acceleration in U.S. emissions

Students get charge out of pedal power

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