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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 protest the inexorable march to … >>
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Posts on Energy
Film review: Why ‘Thrive’ is best avoided
Rob Hopkins Jan 11, 2012
What do you do when you are the heir to the Proctor and Gamble fortune and you have spent years surrounding yourself with new agey thinking and conspiracy theories? You make a film like … >>
Keystone XL, Clean Water and Democracy
Sandra Postel Nov 22, 2011
In today’s economy, job creation trumps just about everything. But for Nebraskans, at least one thing ranks higher – and that’s protecting their precious water sources. They know, as we all should, that ample clean water is crucial for economic vitality now and for generations to come. ... >>
Sixty years of Orwellian "nukespeak"
Daniel Lerch Nov 3, 2011
In 1982, Sierra Club released Nukespeak, a groundbreaking book on how nuclear power had been sold to the public through a quite deliberate reframing of its unsavory details. The new 30th anniversary edition, updated for Fukushima, shows how little has changed. ... >>
COURSE REVIEW (or why Daniel Yergin needs to do his homework)
Richard Heinberg Oct 21, 2011
Recently I’ve been getting emails from folks who had previously read an article or two on Peak Oil and found the evidence convincing—but who have more recently encountered a piece or … >>
Bill McKibben: “Communities are more important than individuals, and probably more important than states and nations”
Bill McKibben Rob Hopkins Oct 12, 2011
Last week Bill McKibben was in town, and I was lucky enough to get to interview him for half an hour before his talk to a packed St. John’s Church in Totnes (which Jay Tompt reflected on … >>
Getting beyond economic growth: LIVE WEB EVENT with Richard Heinberg and Helena Norberg-Hodge (hosted by Orion Magazine)
Richard Heinberg Oct 7, 2011
From our friends at Orion Magazine: Join a dialogue hosted by Orion magazine on the end of economics as we know it, with Richard Heinberg and Helena Norberg-Hodge, on October 18 at 7 PM … >>
Giving Robert Socolow a Wedgie (so to speak)
Rob Hopkins Oct 7, 2011
In 2004, Steve Pacala and Robert Socolow published a paper in Science about climate mitigation which introduced the concept of ‘stabilisation wedges’. This proposed that rather than … >>
The Peak Oil Crisis: The German Army Report
Tom Whipple Sep 22, 2011
In the last five or six years at least 20 major studies have been published by governmental and non-governmental organizations that either deal with or touch upon the possibility of severe … >>
Peak Oil as a Thermostat
Richard Heinberg Sep 20, 2011
Here’s a metaphor that may help in explaining why high oil prices are choking off economic growth for the U.S., and to a lesser extent the rest of the world as well. Think of the oil price … >>
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