When President Obama nominated MIT’s Ernest Moniz to be energy secretary earlier this month, he hailed the nuclear physicist as a “brilliant scientist.” But beyond his job in academia, Moniz has also spent the last decade serving on a range of boards and advisory councils for energy industry heavyweights like BP and an uranium enrichment company.
Tags: · domestic energy, energy agenda, Energy Secretary, EPA, Ernest Moniz, Fossil Fuels, Green Energy, industry ties, MIT, nuclear industry, oil industry
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MIT’s Center for Transportation & Logistics will launch the Global LEAP (Leaders in Environmental Assessment and Performance) research consortium at its annual Crossroads Conference on March 25, in Cambridge, Mass.
Chiquita Brands and Lockheed Martin are the first commercial organizations to sign up for this new project to design supply chains that meet the sustainability goals that are redefining the way companies operate. Inaugural members have pledged comprehensive support for the new consortium including a financial commitment, in-kind resources, thought leadership, and active participation.
Tags: · Crossroads Conference, Global LEAP, Leaders in Environmental Assessment and Performance, MIT, MIT's Center for Transportation & Logistics
By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
Calling the fight against cancer “one of the most notorious public health failures of the 20th century” four leading cancer and environmental experts called on Congress and the Obama Administration this week to acknowledge the role environmental carcinogens play in triggering cancer and dedicate more money to cancer prevention.
In a letter to Congressional leaders, the national medical and scientific experts said they were concerned that prevention has received little attention in the Obama Cancer Plan. They noted that health care costs could not be brought under control without a better plan to fight the disease that claims 1,500 American lives daily and costs $89 billion a year to diagnose and treat. (Costs rise to $219 billion annually, when lost productivity and premature death costs are factored in).
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By Harriet Blake Mainstream, affordable solar power is not just pie (or energy) in the sky. So say MIT researchers who have devised a process to store solar energy for use when the sun doesn’t shine. Photo: Donna Coveney MIT professor Dan Nocera Massachusetts Institute of Technology energy professor Dan Nocera and post-doctoral fellow [...]
Tags: · Alternative Energy, Fuel Cell, MIT, Solar Power
By Harriet Blake An engineering team at MIT has developed a new solar concentrator that doubles as a window and generates more electricity with fewer solar cells than typical solar panels — moving toward the day when on-site solar power might make fiscal sense for homeowners.
Tags: · Marc Baldo, MIT, Solar Concentrator, Solar Panel
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