Michael Shellenberger’s new book

We are long-time admirers of Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus, who co-founded The Breakthrough Institute in 2003. TBI award Jesse Ausubel its annual prize in 2014, and Iddo Wernick has…

New Scientist Magazine

Journalist Fred Pearce interviewed Jesse for New Scientist magazine. The version published in the 28 January 2006 issue of the magazine omits about 500 words of the version we post…

Decarbonization

Car & Driver magazine’s July 2012 issue features our work about decarbonization on pp. 32-33 in a column touting the potential of natural gas to fuel vehicles….

Merril Lynch Decarbonization

Robert Preston, a portfolio manager at Merrill Lynch, has started an energy investment fund based on the macro trend of de-carbonization, as explained in the 2nd paragraph of the fund…

Census reviews of China, European seas

Valuable papers continue to stream from the Census of Marine Life. We note: Liu JY (2013) Status of Marine Biodiversity of the China Seas. PLoS ONE 8(1): e50719. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050719 and

Viagra and Traditional Chinese Medicine

Always alert for surprising ways that technology may spare environment, we are delighted by papers showing that Viagra could spare threatened species in general and in particular ones exploited in…

French Film Festival in Richmond VA

On Saturday 26 March 2011 the annual French Film Festival in Richmond VA organized by Peter and Francoise Kirkpatrick featured Galatee’s film Oceans. Over 1000 people filled the magnificent Byrd…

Jesse’s autobiography published & on sale

Di Renzo has now published Jesse Ausubel’s short autobiography. The book spans Jesse’s roots, childhood, and education, and then the major chapters of his career: climate change, industrial ecology, Census…