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The Energy of the Future: Jad Abou Ali

Growing up in Lebanon and experiencing power crises firsthand, Jad saw how critical battery energy storage is to the viability of solar-powered electricity. As a part of his MITEI Energy UROP, Jad tested recycling and rejuvenation methods for lithium-ion batteries, advancing the development of less wasteful, more efficient energy storage systems.

September 22, 2026

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SF clean tech fund is an outlier: it makes money

In assessing the stability of a local venture capital firm focusing on environmental sustainability, Thomas Lee, writing for the San Francisco Chronicle, cites MIT Energy Initiative research investigating the causes of investment losses in the clean tech sector.

December 2, 2016 In the media San Francisco Chronicle

365 companies urge Trump administration to stick with Paris climate deal

MIT Sloan School Professor John Sterman talks with Marketplace about the advantages of following through with the Paris Agreement.

November 23, 2016 In the media Marketplace

People are worried Trump will stop climate progress. The numbers suggest he can’t

Jessika Trancik, an associate professor of energy studies in the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, writes in the Washington Post about future U.S. climate policy. She says that "a Trump administration alone cannot halt global progress. Even if U.S. federal policy is diminished, individual states are well equipped to take up the slack."

November 23, 2016 In the media The Washington Post

Tough Climate For Hollande: French president reacts to Trump win (part 1)

On France24, MIT Sloan School Professor John Sterman discusses COP22 in Marrakech and the future of the Paris Agreement in the wake of the U.S. elections.

November 23, 2016 In the media France24

MIT: Emissions Trading For Transport = EU’s Cheapest Means Of Reducing Transport Emissions

James Ayre reports on the findings of a recent study led by Sergey Paltsev, deputy director of the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. According to Paltsev's study, the EU's best path to reducing emissions by 40% is to expand their existing emissions trading system.

November 23, 2016 In the media Clean Technica