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PostJanuary 23, 2025

What happens after Utah’s coal-fired power plants close?

a solar plant being installed in front of Huntington Power Plant in Emory County, Utah

PodcastNovember 20, 2024

Making the case for climate optimism

MIT Energy Initiative

Illustrations of energy infrastructure and type saying Making the case for climate optimism.

PostApril 4, 2024

The heat is on: Accelerating climate action at a time of record-breaking te...

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

MIT Global Change Forum panel on climate communications

PostFebruary 5, 2024

MIT researchers map the energy transition’s effects on jobs

A new map shows which U.S. counties have the highest concentration of jobs that could be affected by the transition to renewable energy, based on new research by Christopher Knittel, the George P. Shultz Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and Kailin Graham, of MIT’s Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research. Counties in blue are less potentially affected by the energy transition, and counties in red are more potentially affected.

PostJuly 24, 2023

Coal’s Dying Light: Kentucky’s slow walk toward renewable energy

MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative

PostJuly 24, 2023

Coal's Dying Light: The decline of coal is hurting Kentucky and communities...

MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative

PostJuly 7, 2023

Montana Lawmakers Double Down on Fossil Fuels in 2023 Legislative Session

MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative

Sen. Mark Noland, R-Bigfork, said he introduced Senate Bill 557 in response to a proposed gold mine in Paradise Valley that was stopped in court

PostJuly 7, 2023

Montana Youth Prepare for Trial in Bellwether Climate Case Against State

MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative

Rikki Held is the lead plaintiff in the constitutional climate change lawsuit Held v. Montana.

PostApril 27, 2023

Inside Germany’s power struggle over nuclear energy

MIT Technology Review

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PostApril 10, 2023

Study: Shutting down nuclear power could increase air pollution

An MIT study shows that if U.S. nuclear power plants are retired, the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas to fill the energy gap could cause more than 5,000 premature deaths.

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