MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
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Since 1977, CEEPR has been a focal point for research on energy and environmental policy at MIT.
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Data centers are rapidly growing electricity users, raising concerns about their impact on the grid and
decarbonization. Their ability to shift workloads over time offers demand-side flexibility. A new MIT CEEPR Working Paper analyzes this potential:
ceepr.link/47bkuyJ
decarbonization. Their ability to shift workloads over time offers demand-side flexibility. A new MIT CEEPR Working Paper analyzes this potential:
ceepr.link/47bkuyJ
November 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Data centers are rapidly growing electricity users, raising concerns about their impact on the grid and
decarbonization. Their ability to shift workloads over time offers demand-side flexibility. A new MIT CEEPR Working Paper analyzes this potential:
ceepr.link/47bkuyJ
decarbonization. Their ability to shift workloads over time offers demand-side flexibility. A new MIT CEEPR Working Paper analyzes this potential:
ceepr.link/47bkuyJ
A new paper by @gibmetcalf.bsky.social studies a program run by a small municipally owned electric utility to reduce demand on certain peak demand days.
Check out the full paper here:
ceepr.link/47uTp8q
Check out the full paper here:
ceepr.link/47uTp8q
October 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A new paper by @gibmetcalf.bsky.social studies a program run by a small municipally owned electric utility to reduce demand on certain peak demand days.
Check out the full paper here:
ceepr.link/47uTp8q
Check out the full paper here:
ceepr.link/47uTp8q
CBAMs can improve domestic competitiveness in regulated markets, reduce emissions leakage to unregulated markets, and encourage other countries to tax carbon. But CBAMs may particularly disadvantage lower-income trading partners.
Check out the full paper here:
ceepr.link/4nfkuTa
Check out the full paper here:
ceepr.link/4nfkuTa
October 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
CBAMs can improve domestic competitiveness in regulated markets, reduce emissions leakage to unregulated markets, and encourage other countries to tax carbon. But CBAMs may particularly disadvantage lower-income trading partners.
Check out the full paper here:
ceepr.link/4nfkuTa
Check out the full paper here:
ceepr.link/4nfkuTa
Applying scenario analysis in an increasingly uncertain and disruptive context of shifting alliances and great power rivalry, this paper explores how the intersection of climate change, international trade, and geopolitics has become an arena of shifting political equilibria
ceepr.link/42KeA4X
ceepr.link/42KeA4X
October 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Applying scenario analysis in an increasingly uncertain and disruptive context of shifting alliances and great power rivalry, this paper explores how the intersection of climate change, international trade, and geopolitics has become an arena of shifting political equilibria
ceepr.link/42KeA4X
ceepr.link/42KeA4X
Additionally, Republican leaning districts, which overlap significantly with rural areas, see marked advantages compared to Democratic districts. These results highlight the potential for a VMT tax to address longstanding inequities in transportation funding
September 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Additionally, Republican leaning districts, which overlap significantly with rural areas, see marked advantages compared to Democratic districts. These results highlight the potential for a VMT tax to address longstanding inequities in transportation funding
They find this tax swap is modestly progressive. More granular geographical analysis also highlights that rural areas in the center of the country generally benefit from this tax swap, which urban and bicoastal areas generally experience higher taxation
September 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
They find this tax swap is modestly progressive. More granular geographical analysis also highlights that rural areas in the center of the country generally benefit from this tax swap, which urban and bicoastal areas generally experience higher taxation
An MIT CEEPR paper by @knittelmit.bsky.social, @gibmetcalf.bsky.social and @shereeinsaraf.bsky.social looks at the impacts from a Gas-to-VMT Tax Shift. Check out the full paper at the link below:
ceepr.link/42R44sv
ceepr.link/42R44sv
September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
An MIT CEEPR paper by @knittelmit.bsky.social, @gibmetcalf.bsky.social and @shereeinsaraf.bsky.social looks at the impacts from a Gas-to-VMT Tax Shift. Check out the full paper at the link below:
ceepr.link/42R44sv
ceepr.link/42R44sv
A new paper studies an environmental place-based policy that randomly moved over 20,000 small firms in New Delhi to
industrial areas outside the city over several years. Check it out at the link below:
ceepr.link/4mXeCxS
industrial areas outside the city over several years. Check it out at the link below:
ceepr.link/4mXeCxS
August 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A new paper studies an environmental place-based policy that randomly moved over 20,000 small firms in New Delhi to
industrial areas outside the city over several years. Check it out at the link below:
ceepr.link/4mXeCxS
industrial areas outside the city over several years. Check it out at the link below:
ceepr.link/4mXeCxS
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered a significant energy price shock across Europe. A new Working Paper studies how households adjust their behavior—across energy consumption, labor supply, financial distress, and broader consumption—when faced with price hikes:
ceepr.link/46C9pqu
ceepr.link/46C9pqu
July 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered a significant energy price shock across Europe. A new Working Paper studies how households adjust their behavior—across energy consumption, labor supply, financial distress, and broader consumption—when faced with price hikes:
ceepr.link/46C9pqu
ceepr.link/46C9pqu
A new Research Commentary from a team led by Brian Deese analyzes first-of-a-kind comprehensive and rigorously sourced data on public subsidies for EVs and batteries in the world’s three largest EV markets: China, Europe, and the United States. Check out the full commentary here:
ceepr.link/GCIM
ceepr.link/GCIM
July 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A new Research Commentary from a team led by Brian Deese analyzes first-of-a-kind comprehensive and rigorously sourced data on public subsidies for EVs and batteries in the world’s three largest EV markets: China, Europe, and the United States. Check out the full commentary here:
ceepr.link/GCIM
ceepr.link/GCIM
An efficient and resilient supply of critical raw materials is essential to ensure supply chain stability and advance energy transition goals. A new paper assess how cost, technology, and policy factors drive fluctuations in marginal cost of metal production:
ceepr.link/4o3bUs1
ceepr.link/4o3bUs1
July 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
An efficient and resilient supply of critical raw materials is essential to ensure supply chain stability and advance energy transition goals. A new paper assess how cost, technology, and policy factors drive fluctuations in marginal cost of metal production:
ceepr.link/4o3bUs1
ceepr.link/4o3bUs1
A new CEEPR Working paper by a team of researchers including @knittelmit.bsky.social examines the global oil market, where OPEC’s market power affects oil production and carbon intensity. Download the full paper here:
ceepr.link/4nSmKRy
ceepr.link/4nSmKRy
July 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A new CEEPR Working paper by a team of researchers including @knittelmit.bsky.social examines the global oil market, where OPEC’s market power affects oil production and carbon intensity. Download the full paper here:
ceepr.link/4nSmKRy
ceepr.link/4nSmKRy
Check out this commentary by @kclausing.bsky.social @allanhsiao.bsky.social @gibmetcalf.bsky.social Marilyn Pereboom, and @cwolfram.bsky.social that analyzes the Foreign Pollution Fee Act's potential impacts on several economic and environmental outcomes:
ceepr.link/FPFA
ceepr.link/FPFA
June 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Check out this commentary by @kclausing.bsky.social @allanhsiao.bsky.social @gibmetcalf.bsky.social Marilyn Pereboom, and @cwolfram.bsky.social that analyzes the Foreign Pollution Fee Act's potential impacts on several economic and environmental outcomes:
ceepr.link/FPFA
ceepr.link/FPFA
Western governments imposed a price ceiling on Russian seaborne oil exports using Western services. To sell above that ceiling, Russia developed a “shadow fleet” which uses no such services. This working paper assesses the effect of various sanctions.
ceepr.link/4jyE1fa
ceepr.link/4jyE1fa
June 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Western governments imposed a price ceiling on Russian seaborne oil exports using Western services. To sell above that ceiling, Russia developed a “shadow fleet” which uses no such services. This working paper assesses the effect of various sanctions.
ceepr.link/4jyE1fa
ceepr.link/4jyE1fa
In September 2021, the city of Bogotá introduced a major market-based reform to its odd-even driving restriction, known as Pico y Placa. In this paper, the authors find that while the reform increased traffic, it brought overall benefits. Check out the full paper here:
ceepr.link/4kRuK37
ceepr.link/4kRuK37
June 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
In September 2021, the city of Bogotá introduced a major market-based reform to its odd-even driving restriction, known as Pico y Placa. In this paper, the authors find that while the reform increased traffic, it brought overall benefits. Check out the full paper here:
ceepr.link/4kRuK37
ceepr.link/4kRuK37
A new CEEPR Working paper studies how the Jones Act—a 100-year-old U.S. regulation that constrains domestic waterborne shipping—affects U.S. markets for crude oil and petroleum products. Download the full paper here:
ceepr.link/43FKQHa
ceepr.link/43FKQHa
May 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
A new CEEPR Working paper studies how the Jones Act—a 100-year-old U.S. regulation that constrains domestic waterborne shipping—affects U.S. markets for crude oil and petroleum products. Download the full paper here:
ceepr.link/43FKQHa
ceepr.link/43FKQHa
On May 30, join MIT's newest class of journalism fellows in a webinar hosted by the MIT Climate Project to discuss their work reporting on the under-covered climate challenges of the food, agriculture and waste sector. Register below:
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May 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
On May 30, join MIT's newest class of journalism fellows in a webinar hosted by the MIT Climate Project to discuss their work reporting on the under-covered climate challenges of the food, agriculture and waste sector. Register below:
www.eventbrite.com/e/reporting-...
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The transition towards a sustainable energy system requires alternative energy carriers that reduce carbon emissions while meeting global demands. This paper by @knittelmit.bsky.social provides an overview of hydrogen production pathways and their economic & environmental impacts
ceepr.link/3S4QSul
ceepr.link/3S4QSul
April 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The transition towards a sustainable energy system requires alternative energy carriers that reduce carbon emissions while meeting global demands. This paper by @knittelmit.bsky.social provides an overview of hydrogen production pathways and their economic & environmental impacts
ceepr.link/3S4QSul
ceepr.link/3S4QSul
As a growing number of countries adopt trade restrictions to advance policy priorities, they risk creating spillover effects that increase the cost and time horizon of decarbonization. Careful policy design and strategic cooperation can help manage such spillover effects.
Link: ceepr.link/42jOsNg
Link: ceepr.link/42jOsNg
April 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
As a growing number of countries adopt trade restrictions to advance policy priorities, they risk creating spillover effects that increase the cost and time horizon of decarbonization. Careful policy design and strategic cooperation can help manage such spillover effects.
Link: ceepr.link/42jOsNg
Link: ceepr.link/42jOsNg