Finish for trains and start for maglevs?
The French “train a grand vitesse” (TGV) attained a record speed for a train on wheels of 568 km/hr on 31 March 2007. The history of technology shows that when…
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Industrial ecology in Bangladesh
The Daily Star newspaper, Dhaka, Bangladesh, runs an article about Industrial Ecology that mentions our ideas about foamed glass as a construction material that captured the imagination of Ivan Amato…
Australian energy talk
On 16 April Jesse delivers “The Future Environment for Energy Business” to the APPEA conference in Adelaide. Here are the figures….
Global Warming and the Industrial System
Our colleague Iddo Wernick‘s case study “Global Warming and the Industrial System” is published by the International Relations and Security Network, Zürich, Switzerland….
Chauncey Starr
Chauncey Starr, who helped launch the Program for the Human Environment, passed away on 18 April 2007, shortly after his 95th birthday celebration. In fond memory of Chauncey, we post…
Encyclopedia of Life
On May 9, Jesse took part in the launch of The Encyclopedia of Life, a global effort to document all 1.8 million named species of animals, plants, and other forms…
Martha’s Vineyard Gazette 12 July 2007
The Martha’s Vineyard Gazette covered Jesse’s 12 July 2007 talk to the Vineyard Conservation Society about the Census of Marine Life….
Earth at Night
We post EARTH AT NIGHT a short note by Nadja Victor and Jesse Ausubel that has appeared in the debut issue of the Electronic Journal of Sustainable Development….
Renewable and Nuclear Heresies
Jesse’s paper on “Renewable and Nuclear Heresies” appeared 25 July and attracted coverage in the UK Guardian newspaper….
“Heresies” continued news and blog coverage
Jesse’s recent paper, “Renewable and Nuclear Heresies” continues to get a lot of news coverage. For more interesting reading, the journal PNAS has made the full text of Thomas Gold’s…