Sam Altman and others are investing $20 million in a startup tackling AI’s energy problem

An energy startup aimed at cleaning up artificial intelligence’s massive use of electricity is getting a…

The Bill Gates-backed startup that used AI to find copper says it’s not finished yet

After striking copper, a Bill Gates-backed metals startup says it’s not finished yet. Read more… Originally…

AI helped a mining startup backed by Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates find a major copper deposit

California-based KoBold Metals announced Monday (Feb. 5) that it has found an expansive copper deposit in…

Faculty, staff, students to evaluate ways to decarbonize MIT’s campus

With a goal to decarbonize the MIT campus by 2050, the Institute must look at “new…

This climate tech startup is reducing emissions—by feeding seaweed to cattle

When it comes to the greenhouse gases driving up global temperatures, carbon dioxide often dominates our…

How this clean-tech startup is recapturing carbon into soils—and getting farmers paid for it

During a trip to a remote village in south India in 2016, Aadith Moorthy witnessed a…

Jackson Jewett wants to design buildings that use less concrete

After three years leading biking tours through U.S. National Parks, Jackson Jewett decided it was time…

Bringing sustainable and affordable electricity to all

When MIT electrical engineer Reja Amatya PhD ’12 arrived in Rwanda in 2015, she was whisked…

MIT Climate “Plug-In” highlights first year of progress on MIT’s climate plan

In a combined in-person and virtual event on Monday, members of the three working groups established…

Given what we know, how do we live now?

To truly engage the climate crisis, as so many at MIT are doing, can be daunting…