Does Energy Policy Matter?

On 18 April Jesse gave a lunch seminar at the University Club in Washington DC titled “Does Energy Policy Matter?” Here is the edited transcript, including Q & A. William…

Stimulated by a request

Stimulated by a request from the Economist magazine for an article on sustainability for their 6 July issue, Iddo Wernick updates our classic figure on materials use and dematerialization in…

The paper “A framework

The paper “A framework for sustainability science: A renovated IPAT identity” is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences….

Economics columnist Ronald Bailey

Economics columnist Ronald Bailey runs an on-line essay about ecological overshoot that draws on PHE research: https://reason.com/rb/rb062602.shtml…

From time to time

From time to time colleagues inquiry about the H:C ratio of wood. Click here for the explanation: https://phe.rockefeller.edu/PDF_FILES/Wood_HC_Ratio.pdf We notice that an older (1993) paper has been scanned: “Flat Organizations…

IE Reflections posted

We notice that the 1992 paper “Industrial Ecology: Reflections on a Colloquium” (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA) has been published online: https://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/89/3/879 We also have a copy on our server:…

We post an essay

We post an essay on professional master’s degrees in sciences by Jesse and education expert Sheila Tobias: https://phe.rockefeller.edu/PDF_FILES/AusubelTobias.pdf…

Economist article, “Working miracles”

The Economist magazine has an article in the current survey on the environment that draws heavily from our research and our friends at IIASA: “Working miracles: Can technology save the…