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MIT a winner in inaugural climate change grants
07-05-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)The New York-based Doris Duke Charitable Foundation announced today that it awarded the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR) a $500,000 grant for a project analyzing policies relevant to U.S. climate policy design.
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