Bill Rees' Last Lecture
William Rees Feb 2, 2012
By Justin Richie, The Tyee Last December, after more than 40 years teaching at the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) at the University of British … >>
Highlights
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Wes Jackson - Forever Planting
We depend utterly on fossil fuels, especially to grow our food...for now. Until fossil fuels become too expensive, too rare, too polluting to use. We only have a short time to find other ways. Wes Jackson offers some answers, for our food supply during peak oil and climate change.
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Enemies of the State
In 2003, vocal opponents were regularly vilified by pundits and politicians as somehow being unpatriotic, traitors, appeasers or cowards. The current debate in Canada over the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline reminds Executive Director Asher Miller a little of those days.
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With Gas so Cheap and Well Drilling Down, Why is Gas Production so High?
Proponents of shale gas as a “game changer” suggest that, despite the well known high decline rates of shale gas wells, their productivity is sufficient to grow production with far fewer wells at historically low prices. Others...claim that shale gas plays require much higher prices to be economic.
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Geopolitical Implications of “Peak Everything”
Resource wars have been fought throughout history; today, however, the competition appears set to enter a new—and perhaps unprecedented—phase. As natural resources deplete, and as the Earth’s climate becomes less stable, the world’s nations will likely compete ever more desperately...
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At the Crossroads of Sustainability: A Conversation with Bill Ryerson
The human population explosion, multiplied by its cumulative consumption, represents what many believe to be the most significant challenge ever faced by life on Earth in billions of years.
latest publications
The Peak Oil Crisis: Election 2012
Tom Whipple Feb 2, 2012
If current trends continue, gasoline prices and U.S. energy policy seem destined to play a larger role in the political debate prior to the November elections than ever … >>
Enemies of the State
Asher Miller Jan 31, 2012
Almost exactly nine years ago, opposition to the US invasion of Iraq was reaching a fever pitch. On February 15, 2003 millions of people around the world rallied to … >>
The peak oil crisis: On closing our refineries
Tom Whipple Jan 26, 2012
Here is one more thing for those of us who live in the northeastern U.S. to start worrying about - the refineries that make our gasoline, diesel, heating oil, etc. are … >>
Organics and Sustainability: Reflections on my New York Times Misquote
Michael Bomford Jan 24, 2012
The phone rang as I was tying up loose ends for my last day in the office before Christmas. New York Times reporter Elisabeth Rosenthal wanted my thoughts on the … >>
“Sewer Mining” – Efficient Water Recycling Coming to a Community Near You
Sandra Postel Jan 23, 2012
It sounds yucky at best, but mining sewage is growing in popularity, especially in Sydney, Australia, where a decade of drought forced some creative thinking about how to … >>
in the news
Heinberg Canada speaking tour in the Tyee
Richard Heinberg Feb 1, 2012
Post Carbon Carbon Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg's … >>
Hughes quoted in Montreal Gazette on oil policy
David Hughes Jan 30, 2012
Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes was quoted in this article … >>
Heinberg on Talk Radio with Meria
Richard Heinberg Jan 24, 2012
Post Carbon Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg was interviewed … >>
media
Why Northern Gateway is unnecessary
Feb 2, 2012
The federal government is holding public hearings on the … >>
Occupy Educated: Richard Heinberg Q&A
1:14:04 Feb 2, 2012
A live Q&A with Richard Heinberg, author of The End of … >>
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