CCSTG

PHE helped convene a November 2002 reunion of participants in the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government (1988-1993). To read comments reflecting on the work of the Commission and…

“Continental Supergrid” summary

The “Continental Supergrid” is a most exciting concept for new infrastructure for large-scale distribution of hydrogen and electricity. Jesse has helped the concept to develop, notably through a 5-7 November…

Second Look and Cities posted

Expanding our online publication archive, PDF versions of the 1991 paper, “A Second Look at the Impacts of Climate Change,” as well a 1988 piece by Jesse and Robert Herman…

CO2 in a Methane Economy

From our archive, we post a 1988 paper by Jesse, Arnulf Grübler, and Nebojsa Nakicenovic, titled Carbon Dioxide Emissions in a Methane Economy. https://phe.rockefeller.edu/co2-methane/…

Car Talk

An article in the New Republic Magazine about hydrogen to fuel vehicles cites our work:…

Electricity Daily coverage

In its 21 February edition The Electricity Daily covered Jesse’s Capitol Hill talk about climate: https://phe.rockefeller.edu/PDF_FILES/CoolerHeads.pdf…

Andrew Johnson departs

Research Intern Andrew Johnson moved to Washington, D.C. to join the State Department. He can still be reached through the Program for the Human Environment.

We welcome Mark Stoeckle

We welcome Mark Stoeckle, MD as a Guest Investigator to the Program for the Human Environment. Dr. Stoeckle is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School and is…

The Continental SuperGrid concept

The Continental SuperGrid concept for distribution of hydrogen and electricity that we have aided and abetted is gaining attention. An AP story in USA Today: https://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2003-04-10-super-grid_x.htm A Science Daily news…

Land Cover scans

In response to requests for the pie charts from our paper Restoring the Forests (Foreign Affairs, 2000), we post here two scanned pdfs showing the past and prospective changes in…