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A study by Jessika Trancik (Institute for Data, Systems, and Society) and others measures which kinds of infrastructure improvements could lead to wider adoption of electric vehicles. One key finding is that installing charging stations on residential streets and along highways will greatly increase the potential for vehicle electrification.

MITEI's Howard Herzog comments on early research into carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) as a means of climate mitigation in an article on the current standing of CCS technology implementation.

MITEI's Randall Field and other transportation leaders discuss Massachusetts' proposed climate plan and the importance of comprehensive efforts including increasing the state's focus on public transit and facilitating a transition to electric vehicles.

Co-director of MITEI’s Mobility Systems Center Jinhua Zhao (Urban Studies and Planning) discusses the immediate and latent effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on mobility globally.

An opinion piece calling for the adoption of nuclear batteries cites MITEI’s 2018 study The Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World and the need for expanded nuclear energy capacity to address the challenges of climate change and poverty.

The Climate Modeling Alliance, which includes a number of MIT researchers, is working on developing a new climate model that could be used to create more accurate climate predications useful at local or regional levels.

After calculating the total lifetime costs and carbon dioxide emissions of nearly every new car model on the market, Jessika Trancik and others from MIT’s Institute for Data, Systems, and Society found that in addition to being more environmentally friendly, electric cars are cheaper too.

Promising new studies from the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center and MIT spinout Commonwealth Fusion Systems suggest the long elusive technology may be capable of producing electricity for the grid by the end of the decade.

Former U.S. Energy Secretary and MITEI's founding director Ernest Moniz discusses the climate-related challenges and opportunities that the U.S. will face during the Biden administration.

A study by MITEI researcher Patrick Brown and Audun Botterud, a research scientist at the MIT Laboratory for Decisions and Information Sciences, has found that U.S. electricity demand can be met with currently available carbon-free technology.

Jessika Trancik, a professor of energy studies at the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, led a study that examines the increasing construction costs of new nuclear power plants.

Joanna Moody, the research program manager for MITEI's Mobility Systems Center, discusses a new survey that finds that while cars are expensive and underused, they provide U.S. owners with a sense of security and control.