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MA has become the 1st state to recognize a union for Uber & Lyft drivers.
CPC Faculty Dir. Chris Knittel notes that while ride-share platforms have created significant value, questions around worker bargaining power remain central to the policy debate.
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As California lawmakers weigh whether to extend Diablo Canyon beyond 2030, new MIT Sloan research finds that keeping the plant online through 2045 could save ratepayers billions while supporting a renewables-dominated grid.
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As AI drives data center growth, leaders face new❓️s on electricity demand, reliability, costs, & clean energy.
@knittelmit.bsky.social discusses the challenges below. MIT research explores how flexible data centers could help💲⬇️, inc. reliability, integrate more clean energy.
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Roy Maslen, former Chief Investment Officer, Australian Equities at @alliancebernstein.bsky.social, shares how #EnROADS helps investors envision different climate futures.
En-ROADS, co-dev'd by @climateinteractive.org + MIT Sloan, helps leaders.
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New MIT analysis from Pablo Dueñas-Martínez, at MITEI:
• Blackouts often stem from cascading failures
• AI & electrification are ⬆️ grid pressure
• Clean energy transitions req. resilience investment
#ClimatePolicy #GridReliability
When energy prices ⬆️, fuel use falls—but only up to a point.
In a @nytimes article, @cwolfram.bsky.social notes that consumers + businesses need gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel even when prices ⬆️ fast.
Knowing which demand is flexible, and which isn't, matters for policymakers.
Congrats to MIT Sloan Professor @cwolfram.bsky.social on her election to the Nat'l Academy of Sciences.
A close partner of the CPC, Catherine’s work helps shape global climate policy, incl. through the Global Climate Policy Project, a CPC flagship initiative.
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Pablo Lucangeli, Professor and @climatebase.bsky.social Founding Fellow, shares how #EnROADS empowered him to learn and act on climate change.
En-ROADS, co-developed by @climateinteractive.org + MIT Sloan, helps people turn climate learning into action.
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New MIT research from Jessika Trancik & @MIT shows:
• EVs already cut emissions for most U.S. drivers
• Many drivers also save money over time
• Power systems matter for climate outcomes
Policy design will shape the future of transportation decarbonization.
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Rideshare drivers in Massachusetts have officially made history by becoming the first in the U.S. to unionize.
As California lawmakers consider whether to extend Diablo Canyon beyond 2030, join MIT's John Parsons for a discussion of new research assessing the plant's potential impacts on electricity costs, grid reliability, and the state's clean energy transition.
Six MIT faculty, along with 10 additional alumni, are recognized by their peers for their outstanding contributions to research in the natural and social sciences.
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In most U.S. zip codes, electric vehicles are cost-competitive with their gas-powered counterparts, according to a new study. And regarding emissions benefits of EVs, individual driving patterns…
Pablo Duenas-Martinez, an MIT Energy Initiative research scientist, describes the events leading up to the voltage spike that caused the unprecedented, widespread power outage on the Iberian…
