Spring 2017 ISE Seminar Series
The Institute for Sustainable Energy’s Spring 2017 Seminar Series will feature ISE Non-Resident Senior Fellows and affiliates. This bi-weekly seminar series showcases the interesting and diverse work that is being done in the sustainable energy field. Boston University students, faculty, and staff as well as the public at large are welcome to attend. The format […]
Standing Rock and nation’s clean-energy future
News— Opinion By Philip Warburg | December 20, 2016 As we face the prospect of a climate-denying Trump presidency, the Sioux Nation’s triumph at Standing Rock is much more than a tentative local victory.
7.4 Billion And Counting: Could Curbing World Population Help Cool The Planet?
ISE Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Philip Warburg, explores how a rapidly expanding global population could overwhelm our efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions. By Philip Warburg (@pwarburg) September 06, 2016 Nearly half a century ago, the American biologist Paul Ehrlich wrote his controversial manifesto, “The Population Bomb,” decrying the environmental and human catastrophe that awaited us if we […]