Rockefeller University

Program for the Human Environment

News

Jesse at Millennium Technology Prize symposium

On 22 June Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, received the first Millennium Technology Prize [www.technologyawards.org] (1 million Euros) in Helsinki. Jesse was one of the speakers at the accompanying symposium. His remarks on Big Green Energy Machines were reported in the main Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat [part 1, [part 2]. We thank Pekka Kauppi for a translation to English. The Suomen Kuvalehti (“Newsweek in Finland”) also ran a story that highlights both ZEPPs and the Continental Supergrid [part 1, part 2].

Big Green Energy Machines: Text (pdf), and Slides (powerpoint)

29 June 2004

Sir John Browne, Chairman and CEO of BP, spoke on the record at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on Thursday 24 June about global warming “Beyond Kyoto.” Jesse moderated the meeting. Mr. Browne’s remarks are notable for accepting a limit or threshold for warming of 2.0 centigrade and for atmospheric concentration of 500-550 parts per million. Mr. Browne’s remarks are at

https://www.cfr.org/pub7148/john_browne/beyond_kyoto.php

CoML – Arctic Project

The new Arctic project of the Census of Marine Life is in the news today. The story was covered by all the big media outlets — BBC, CNN International, AP, ABC News–, made it into print in ten nations, and was reported in English, Japanese, French, and Spanish.

Barcode of Life site updates

We have updated and reorganized our webpages on DNA, Taxonomy, and the
Barcode of Life (https://phe.rockefeller.edu/BarcodeConference/)
to keep pace with this rapidly progressing field. Among other
exciting developments, the Smithsonian Institution will be holding an Open
Meeting on the Scientific Aspects of DNA Barcoding on May 25, 2004 at
the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. (https://barcoding.si.edu).