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Photo: Drax power station in England is the world’s largest consumer of industrial wood pellets. (Source: Kevin Blowe)
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Climate Central

Regulatory loophole allows wood energy to count as carbon neutral, when it’s often worse for the climate than burning coal. MIT Joint Program Co-Director John Reilly comments.

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Two veteran environmental economists at MIT, John Reilly (left) and Henry "Jake" Jacoby, briefly outline a couple of the most important, and least appreciated, facts about human-driven climate change. One is that the system has enormous inertia, preventing any quick fix.

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BBC World Service

Donald Trump has chosen a climate change sceptic to head the US Environmental Protection Agency. MIT Joint Program Co-Director Emeritus Henry Jacoby comments on the policy implications in this BBC World Service radio clip.

Space Station view of the Chesapeake Bay (Source: NASA)
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New York Times

Despite the title of the article, the author cautions that the world remains imperiled by greenhouse gas emissions associated with climate change, citing the MIT Joint Program’s 2015 Energy and Climate Outlook.

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MIT Energy Initiative

PhD candidate Michael Davidson gathers information at COP22 for his research on renewable energy and climate change policies in China