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Environment and energy

Making alternative fuels cheaper
Making alternative fuels cheaper
June 17, 2013
Chemical engineers’ new synthesis could make biofuel more appealing for mass production.
Also labeled: Alternative energy, Biofuels, Chemistry and chemical engineering, Energy, Research, Gamma-valerolactone
Funding clean-energy solutions
Funding clean-energy solutions
May 7, 2013
MIT’s Clean Energy Prize awards more than $300,000 to support green startups and technologies.
Also labeled: Alternative energy, Contests and academic competitions, Department of Energy (DoE), Energy, Special events and guest speakers, Students, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Startups
The case for optimism about a renewable energy future
The case for optimism about a renewable energy future
May 1, 2013
Researcher Eric Martinot presents findings of two-year project at campus event
Also labeled: Alternative energy, Climate, Climate change, Energy, Energy storage, Environment, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Manufacturing, Policy, Renewable energy, Special events and guest speakers
The case of the missing gas tax
The case of the missing gas tax
February 21, 2013
MIT researchers find vehicle efficiency standards are at least six times more costly than a tax on fuel.
Also labeled: Automobiles, Biofuels, Carbon Emissions, Climate, Climate change, Efficiency, Environment, Greenhouse gases, Policy, Emissions, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Taxes
Purification on the cheap
Purification on the cheap
February 5, 2013
System developed at MIT cleans ‘produced water’ from natural gas wells, could lead to improved desalination plants for developing countries.
Also labeled: Desalination, Development, Energy, Environment, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Mechanical engineering, Natural gas, Water, Unconventional gas, Water purification, Faculty, Graduate, postdoctoral, Research
Renovation plans offer MIT opportunities to save energy, improve design
Renovation plans offer MIT opportunities to save energy, improve design
February 4, 2013
Work aims to make the Institute more energy-efficient and to influence design standards in the construction industry.
Also labeled: Campus buildings and architecture, Efficiency, Energy, Energy preserving, Facilities, MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI)
Michael Liebreich sees shift to cleaner energy as inevitable
Michael Liebreich sees shift to cleaner energy as inevitable
January 17, 2013
Chief executive officer of Bloomberg New Energy Finance says clean energy will eventually be the norm.
Also labeled: Alternative energy, Climate change, Energy, Entrepreneurship, Global economy, MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), Policy, Politics, Renewable, Solar, Technology and society, Business, Business development, Green business, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E)
The right’s resistance to regulation
The right’s resistance to regulation
January 16, 2013
Book details how conservatives have changed the terms of the environmental debate in recent decades.
Also labeled: Architecture, Books and authors, Environment, Faculty, Research, Urban studies and planning, Government, Natural resources, Policy, Politics, Climate change, Energy
Greenhouse gas can find a home underground
Greenhouse gas can find a home underground
March 20, 2012
New MIT analysis shows there’s enough room to safely store at least a century’s worth of U.S. fossil fuel emissions.
Also labeled: Carbon dioxide, Carbon sequestration, Civil and environmental engineering, Emissions, Energy, Fluid dynamics, Geology, Greenhouse gases
Science and policy can catalyze each other, EPA head says
Science and policy can catalyze each other, EPA head says
April 22, 2011
In MIT visit, Lisa Jackson discusses how technology can affect government regulations.
Also labeled: Climate change, Earth and atmospheric sciences, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Policy, Special events and guest speakers
Center for Future Civic Media releases Landman Report Card: a resource to support citizens negotiating with big energy
January 22, 2010
The easy-to-use, web-based resource helps landowners educate and assist each other as they negotiate drilling rights with oil and gas company representatives
Also labeled: Community
A greener way to get electricity from natural gas
A greener way to get electricity from natural gas
December 3, 2009
A proposed system would use solid-oxide fuel cells to produce power without sending CO2 into the atmosphere. But can it compete with conventional power plants?
Also labeled: Chemistry and chemical engineering, Energy
Deshpande Center's latest funding cycle supports goal of 'idea to impact'
October 17, 2009
Since 2002, the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation has funded more than 80 projects with over $9 M in grants. The center supports a wide range of emerging technologies including biotechnology, biomedical devices, information technology, new materials, tiny tech, and energy innovations. Eighteen projects have spun out of the center as independent startups, having collectively raised over $150 million in outside financing from investors.
Also labeled: Deshpande Center, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Mechanical engineering, Nanoscience and nanotechnology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Bioengineering and biotechnology, Chemistry and chemical engineering, Awards, honors and fellowships
Hidden waves pack a big punch
Hidden waves pack a big punch
September 18, 2009
Thomas Peacock sheds light on an odd but powerful phenomenon of sea and sky
Also labeled: Aeronautical and astronautical engineering, Environment, Earth and atmospheric sciences, Space, astronomy and planetary science, Oceanography and ocean engineering
Earth Day spreads to week of events
Earth Day spreads to week of events
April 26, 2006
Also labeled: Special events and guest speakers
Human, solar power prominent in 2.009 products
Human, solar power prominent in 2.009 products
December 15, 2004
Also labeled: Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Contests and academic competitions, Students
MIT to play key role in national energy lab
November 9, 2004
Also labeled: Nuclear science and engineering, National relations and service
Recycling of scrapped electronics studied
Recycling of scrapped electronics studied
October 6, 2004
Also labeled: Materials science
Caravan of 23 enviro-friendly vehicles travel to MIT
Caravan of 23 enviro-friendly vehicles travel to MIT
September 22, 2004
Also labeled: Cambridge, Boston and region
Solar power panels installed on Hayden Library roof
Solar power panels installed on Hayden Library roof
September 16, 2004
Also labeled: Cambridge, Boston and region
Up on the roof, algae appetites may transform waste into energy
Up on the roof, algae appetites may transform waste into energy
August 9, 2004
Also labeled: Entrepreneurship
Civil and environmental engineering
June 2, 2004
Also labeled: Civil and environmental engineering, Awards, honors and fellowships
MIT studies impact of solar energy on emissions reductions
April 8, 2004
Combination of policies required to curb gas use
April 7, 2004
An educational Alaskan adventure
An educational Alaskan adventure
March 31, 2004
Also labeled: Civil and environmental engineering, Students
Mushing toward an Arctic understanding
Mushing toward an Arctic understanding
March 29, 2004
Also labeled: Civil and environmental engineering, Students
Curbing gasoline use requires a multipronged approach, researchers say
March 24, 2004
Also labeled: Mechanical engineering
Freshmen to scope out Alaska's wildlife refuge over spring break
March 10, 2004
Also labeled: Civil and environmental engineering, Students
MIT filter cleans Nepalese drinking water
MIT filter cleans Nepalese drinking water
March 9, 2004
Also labeled: Civil and environmental engineering, Global
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