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News and Outreach: Christopher Knittel

Renewables and electricity affordability
News Release
MIT Sloan School of Management
Mar 9, 2026
Is green energy raising your electric bill? Or state policies? It’s complicated.

Study co-authored by MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Christopher Knittel finds that over 25 years, while large-scale renewables lower residential electricity prices, state electric rate structures can cause rooftop solar to drive up costs for non-solar households. (MIT Sloan School of Management)

Utility workers repair a power line in Scituate.
In The News
WBUR
Feb 26, 2026
With so many storm outages, why don't we put more power lines underground in Massachusetts?

In the wake of the recent blizzard that caused many to lose power, MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Christopher Knittel discusses the benefits and risks of moving powerlines underground. (WBUR)

Is climate change making inflation worse?
In The News
New York Times
Feb 24, 2026
Is Climate Change Making Inflation Worse?

A working paper co-authored by MIT professors/CS3 faculty affiliates Christopher Knittel and Catherine Wolfram estimates that Americans pay between $400 and $900 per person annually due to global warming. Knittel says costs are about to accelerate. (New York Times)

Amazon Web Services data center
In The News
New York Times
Feb 20, 2026
Data centers and your power bill

New A.I. sites could drive up your power bill. The costs of those utility investments could add up quickly, says MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Christopher Knittel (New York Times)

Prof. Christopher Knittel
In The News
The Nation (Thailand)
Feb 5, 2026
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and MIT convene regional policy workshop on data-driven energy transition in Asia

MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Christopher Knittel emphasizes that analytical tools must be paired with direct engagement by decision-makers. (The Nation - Thailand)

High electricity prices
In The News
Time
Jan 21, 2026
The 5 big reasons why electricity bills are so high right now

MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Christopher Knittel cites data centers as one factor in driving up prices (Time)

Minerals Stewardship Consortium at MIT
News Release
MIT Office of the Vice President for Energy and Climate
Dec 16, 2025
Introducing the Minerals Stewardship Consortium at MIT

The consortium convenes industry, academia and policy leaders to navigate competing demands and reimagine materials supply. Its faculty co-director is MIT Professor/CS3 affiliate Elsa Olivetti. (MIT Office of the Vice President for Energy and Climate)

Costs of climate change to households
In The News
Brookings
Oct 23, 2025
COMMENTARY: How much is climate change costing US households?

The cost of climate policy action may already be less than household costs of climate change, which will likely increase in years to come, finds study co-authored by MIT Professor/CS3-affiliate Catherine Wolfram (Brookings) (Coverage: Heatmap)

An MIT delegation and collaborators return from La Isla de La Fantasia as part of an NCS project. Photo credit: Azania
News Release
MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
May 25, 2025
The Legacy of the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative

Founding Director Susan Solomon and other MIT CS3-affiliated researchers among key contributors (MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative)

Amanda Giang presents at the podium of Global Change Forum 47, with MIT CS3  banner in the background.
News Release
Apr 7, 2025
Sustainability science: navigating the challenges of global change

Key points from the 47th MIT Global Change Forum

MIT Climate Project mission leads announced
News Release
MIT News
Jul 24, 2024
Mission directors announced for the Climate Project at MIT

The effort to accelerate climate work at the Institute adds to its leadership team (MIT News)

New MIT Climate Policy Center
Around Campus
MIT Sloan School of Management
Mar 7, 2024
MIT Sloan to launch new climate policy center with $25 million investment

As part of the new Climate Project at MIT, the center will create and strengthen connections between leading climate researchers and policymakers (MIT Sloan School of Management) (Coverage: Boston Globe, Axios, MIT Technology Review)

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