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New MIT Climate Policy Center Picks Leader
The MIT Climate Policy Center, the Institute’s “front-door” to connect local, state, federal and international climate policy makers and media with MIT’s climate policy researchers, announced today that Bethany Patten will serve as the Center’s inaugural executive director after a nationwide search....
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