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TIL about cleaning up clean tech

Technologies like solar panels and batteries help us slow down climate change, but they’re not inherently perfect. In this episode of TILclimate (Today I Learned Climate), Suzanne Greene of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics and the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative sits down with host Laur Hesse Fisher to help us navigate how to massively scale up clean tech while making a conscious and dedicated effort to ensure people’s rights, health, and safety.

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  2°C: the story of the global climate goal

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  Slow carbon, fast carbon

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  Is it safe to store CO2 underground?

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  An introduction to carbon capture (re-air)

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  How clean is green hydrogen?

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  Why are EVs more popular than hydrogen cars?

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  An introduction to hydrogen energy (re-air)

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  Do wind turbines kill birds?

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  Do wind turbines freeze up in the cold?

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  Won’t more CO2 help plants grow?

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  Season 6 Preview: Something a Little Different

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  Why does it take five years to build a wind farm?

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  Energy storage: keeping the lights on with a clean electric grid

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  A public health expert’s guide to climate change

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  TILclimate presents: What the heck is El Niño, anyway? (from Outside/In)

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  Wildfires and how we're changing them