Episode

Cleaner air

Podcast: Ask MIT Climate
Published: Jun 12, 2025
Duration seconds: 868
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Summary

Here at TILclimate, we’re often asked about the health and environmental effects of materials in solar panels and batteries. But what if the greatest costs are the ones we’re already bearing—from the fossil fuels those technologies would replace?