CS3 In the News

Heavy-duty vehicles contribute about 23 percent of greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector (Popular Science)

New technologies, including one fuel extracted from the atmosphere itself, could make flying more sustainable. But the challenges are many and the timeline is uncertain. (New York Times)

New research quantifies how much very hot temperatures restrict outdoor activity in China

MIT Joint Program Deputy Director C. Adam Schlosser served on report's Climate Science Review Panel; Research Scientist Kenneth Strzepek served on its Climate Assessment Consultant Team (Boston Globe)

MIT Joint Program Deputy Director Sergey Paltsev notes need to further reduce emissions associated with EV production and power sources (Men's Journal)

Inaugural WORLDING workshops matched world-class climate story teams with relevant labs and researchers across MIT (Open Documentary Lab)

MIT Energy Initiative deputy director takes stock of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act, and their potential impacts on the energy transition (MIT Energy Initiative)

MIT Energy Initiative Annual Research Conference highlights both opportunities and obstacles in the race to a net-zero future (MIT Energy Initiative)

Policymakers and manufacturers are working toward building new technologies to reduce the carbon footprint of cars (Power Electronics News)

Climate modeling shows that this summer’s devastating European heat wave may indeed be a harbinger of the future for that region (MIT News)

Report cites MIT Joint Program study projecting significant water-supply risks by 2050 (Earth.org)

New position paper calls for getting stakeholders involved in wind power projects from the start