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PostMay 5, 2025

New tool evaluates progress in reinforcement learning

“We got interested a few years ago in the question, is there something that automated vehicles could do here in terms of mitigating emissions,” says MIT Professor Cathy Wu. “Is it a drop in the bucket, or is it something to think about?”

PostApril 4, 2023

Staying the course: Achieving climate change goals in turbulent times

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

Photo: The XLV (45th) MIT Global Change Forum explored how decision-makers can stay on course in achieving climate change goals as the world confronts multiple and expanding crises. (Source: NASA)

PostJune 21, 2022

COMMENTARY: Here’s how to meet Biden’s 2030 climate goals and dramatica...

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

Clean energy and electric vehicles are key to a successful energy transition.

PostAugust 10, 2021

Electrifying cars and light trucks to meet Paris climate goals

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

Electric vehicle charging station in St. Petersburg, Florida

PostJuly 12, 2021

3 Questions: Secretary Kathleen Theoharides on climate and energy in Massac...

MIT Energy Initiative

Kathleen Theoharides (center) oversees the Commonwealth’s six environmental, natural resource, and energy regulatory agencies. In this role, the secretary joined MassWildlife for a prescribed burn on April 8 at the Birch Hill Wildlife Management Area. This habitat management practice benefits wildlife, can enhance firefighter and public safety, and improves outdoor recreational opportunities for Commonwealth citizens and visitors.

PostJuly 12, 2021

MIT Alumni Roadmap for Responding to Climate Change

MACA - MIT Alumni for Climate Action

Roadmap Graphic for Climate Action

PostMay 25, 2021

Why the Earth needs a course correction now

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

The MIT Global Change Outlook presents the MIT Joint Program’s latest projections for the future of the Earth’s energy, food, water and climate systems, and prospects for achieving the Paris Agreement’s climate goals. (Source: NOAA)

PostDecember 17, 2020

To boost emissions reductions from electric vehicles, know when to charge

MIT Energy Initiative

The time of day when an electric vehicle (EV) is charged can have a large impact on reducing its emissions. In California, home to half of the EVs in the United States, charging at midday reduces EV emissions by more than 40 percent when compared to charging at night.

PostNovember 9, 2020

3 Questions: COVID-19 shutdowns highlight complex chemistry in the atmosphe...

MIT Department of Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences

PostOctober 14, 2020

3 Questions: The price of privacy in ride-sharing app performance

Masking location data helps avoid the identification of users in case of a security breach, but this loss of information can also lead to poorer quality of service in a location-based ride-sharing app.

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