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Old west Virginia steel mill becomes a green-energy powerhouse

MIT startup Form Energy—co-founded by Yet-Ming Chiang (Materials Science and Engineering)—was created with the goal to “develop batteries that were cheap, didn’t catch fire, didn’t need scarce and costly metals like cobalt and lithium, and could produce electricity for a long time.”
September 21, 2023 In the media Wall Street Journal

A citizen's guide to fighting disinformation & MIT's Energy Initiative

Interim Director Robert Stoner speaks with Boston Public Radio hosts Jared Bowen and Andrea Cabral about the MIT Energy Initiative and no- and low-carbon solutions that could mitigate climate change.
September 6, 2023 In the media Boston Public Radio

How do we power the developing world

Three quarters of the world's population do not have access to affordable, reliable energy. MITEI Interim Director Robert Stoner discusses how to power the developing world: "We need to focus on access."
September 6, 2023 In the media PBS / Energy Switch

How to make sure federal climate money helps everyone

J. Phillip Thompson (Urban Studies and Planning) co-taught a class at MIT that allowed students the opportunity to work with local officials on identifying federal funds for climate change mitigation and deciding how to use them. "Because if we don't, wealthy communities will go green, and low-income communities will stay brown."
September 6, 2023 In the media New York Times

The EPA’s ambitious plan to cut auto emissions to slow climate change runs into skepticism

Jessika Trancik (Institute for Data, Systems, and Society) weighs in on the feasibility of the EPA's recent auto emissions reduction plan. She states that EVs are cleaner over the course of their life than traditional vehicles—even when accounting for mining practices associated with batteries—and their exponential growth in popularity could exceed EPA predictions.
August 16, 2023 In the media Associated Press

Climate mitigation patent program boosts green tech financing

MITEI Interim Director Robert Stoner discusses the potential impact of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s new pilot program, which seeks to motivate inventors to patent climate technology by expediting the application process and boosting patenting incentives.
August 16, 2023 In the media Bloomberg Law

Climate 2023: The critical importance of electrification

MITEI Interim Director Robert Stoner discusses the importance of electrification in meeting decarbonization goals: "We are going to have to continue to build and diversify our electricity resources."
August 15, 2023 In the media NBC Boston

MIT Professor explains nuclear fusion in 5 levels of difficulty

Anne White (Nuclear Science and Engineering) explains the nature of nuclear fusion—a limitless, carbon-free energy—to five different people: a child, a teen, a college student, a graduate student, and an expert.
August 4, 2023 In the media WIRED

Jewelry industry urged to see the light on sustainability

Yang Shao-Horn (Mechanical Engineering) spoke at the State of the Art Jewelry Summit to discuss the industry’s impact on carbon emissions and sustainability, suggesting the problem be addressed with a carbon tax and cleaner mining practices.
July 19, 2023 In the media Financial Times

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