"The last twelve months have been the hottest since record keeping began in 1895, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The severe drought and record high temperatures may finally be putting climate denial to bed: Earlier this month ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson effectively acknowledged the climate reality (though claimed that humans would be fine and simply adapt), and Richard Muller, a well-known climate skeptic, broke rank in a New York Times op-ed to state that he was a "converted skeptic."
And yet new spills, renewed pressure to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, growing hype over unconventional oil and gas, and frightening signs that geo-engineering may become the strategy du jour all point to the continued stranglehold our fossil fuel dependence has on our way of life.
For insight and a call to action, read on...
xl bad boyfriend
Until we show fossil fuel companies that we're ready for something new, pipelines like Keystone XL are going to keep coming back like an ex-boyfriend who won't get the hint.
Like a Bad Boyfriend, XL Keeps Coming Back
Post by Richard Heinberg • July 24, 2012
 The controversy over whether to green-light the building of the Keystone XL pipeline to connect Canada's tar sands with refiners on the Gulf coast may not be much in the news anymore, but it's far from gone. A House Republican bill introduced yesterday would jumpstart the project if approved. While the Senate is likely to kill the bill, and Obama would refuse to sign it, the project itself has backing from unions and polls suggest most Americans are in favor. The XL controversy is not going away.
The pipeline debate is often framed in terms of whether the jobs it will create justify its environmental risks. Let's ignore those risks for the moment. Forget climate change. Forget leaks. Forget potential damage to streams and aquifers. Now does the pipeline make sense?
Not much... Read more...Watch the video...Take action |
COMING SOON FROM PCI...Power from the People, by Greg Pahl
Community Resilience Guide #2, published by Chesea Green
 More than ninety percent of the electricity we use to light our communities, and nearly all the energy we use to run our cars, heat our homes, and power our factories comes from large, centralized, highly polluting, nonrenewable sources of energy.
It doesn't have to be that way. In Power from the People, energy expert Greg Pahl explains how American communities can plan, finance, and produce their own local, renewable energy that is reliable, safe, and clean... Available as a book and ebook September 4th.
latest publications
Read, watch or listen to the latest content by our Fellows, Board, Advisers and Staff anytime on our website. Here are some selections from the last month:
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James Howard Kunstler: It's Too Late for Solutions
Interview by Chris Martenson - Peak Prosperity • July 20, 2012
Author and social critic James Howard Kunstler has been one of the earliest, most direct, and most articulate voices to warn of the consequences... Listen |
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That Sinking Feeling About Groundwater in Texas
Post by Sandra Postel • July 20, 2012
In case we need another example of the disturbing ramifications of extreme drought for our future water security, we can look to recent news out of northwest Texas... Read more |
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Global Warming's Terrifying New Math
Article by Bill McKibben • July 19, 2012
Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe — and that make clear who the real enemy is. If the pictures of those towering wildfires in Colorado haven't convinced you, or the.. Read more |
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Moral Failing
Post by Daniel Lerch • July 16, 2012
With the national weather maps pinker than a Barbie® SUV, more Americans are grudgingly accepting that climate change is for real, that it's largely caused by humans, and that it's a major threat to us here and now... Read more |
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The Peak Oil Crisis: The Summer of 2012
Article by Tom Whipple • July 12, 2012
One has to go back to the 1930's to find a time when so much of civilization was in turmoil at once. The 30's ended with World War II, tens of millions dead, and much of the industrialized world in ruins.. Read more |
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The Drowning Pool
Post by James Howard Kunstler • July 11, 2012
News that a swarm of termites deep inside the British banking system have been fiddling the interbank interest rates (LIBOR) for years in order to systematically vacuum a few billion pence off the exchange floors for themselves... Read more |
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END OF GROWTH UPDATE: Blowing in the Wind
Article by Richard Heinberg • July 5, 2012
Final part of an update to Richard Heinberg's 2011 book The End of Growth: Adapting to our New Economic Reality. The social dimensions of the end of growth are coming into clearer focus with each passing month... Read more |
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Some Transition reflections on George Monbiot's announcement that "we were wrong on peak oil"
Post by Rob Hopkins • July 5, 2012
George Monbiot announced in the Guardian on Monday "We were wrong on peak oil. There's enough to fry us all", an article which concluded... Read more |
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Socio-economic paradigm shift ahead
Interview with Nate Hagens • July 3, 2012
The current period can be undoubtedly characterized as an economical, ecological, cultural, political, but also moral crisis... Read more |
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Peak Denial
Post by Richard Heinberg • July 2, 2012
There is nothing but "Sad News for Peak Oil Disciples" these days, according to the Financial Post. The latest example: Leonardo Maugeri, a fellow in the Geopolitics of Energy Project... Read more |
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Gloria's Story
Post about Gloria Flora, • July 2, 2012
Some people are simply born in the wrong place. Gloria was 16 years old when realized she was one of those people — after seeing the Rocky Mountains for the first time. After growing up in western Pennsylvania... Read more |
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William Rees Interview
Video interview Bill Rees • July 2, 2012
Post Carbon Fellow Bill Rees puts forward solutions for reducing GHG emissions... Watch |
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fellows and advisers in the press
energy bulletin highlights
Below is a selection of recent articles and media appearing on Energy Bulletin.
energy bulletin featured articles
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Hope is for the lazy: The challenge of our dead world
by Robert Jensen , Energy Bulletin
In 2005, I preached on the ecological crisis in a sermon I titled "Hope is for the Weak: The Challenge of a Broken World". Looking back, I realize that I had been far too upbeat and optimistic, probably trying too hard to be liked. Today I want to correct that... Read more |
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Walking out on empire
by Mary Logan, Prosperous Way Down
So what do we do now? At what point does one realize that his or her paradigm isn't working anymore, and give up and walk out on empire? How do we start walking, and where do we go?...Read more |
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Woody Agriculture—On the Road to a New Paradigm
by Philip A. Rutter, B L. Rutter-Daywater, and S.J. Wiegrefe, Energy Bulletin
We all pray, these days, that in 200 years our descendants will look back on our era as The Second Renaissance. Assuming we have descendants. According to chroniclers of the (1st) Renaissance, living inside it was exciting, but also dangerous, bewildering, and often lethal...Read more |
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Enough oil to fry the planet?
by Robert Rapier, R-Squared Energy Blog
In this week's episode of R-Squared Energy TV, I discuss the recently released paper by former Eni executive Leonardo Maugeri — in which he suggests global oil supplies will increase by 17 million barrels per day by the end of the decade... Watch |
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Peak Moment 216: Titanic Lifeboat Academy—Navigating a Path to Resilience
by Yuba Gals Independent Media, Peak Moment Television
Caren Black and Christopher Paddon couldn't find mentors to teach them self-reliant living when they became aware of peak oil. So they created a homestead and opened their doors to training others... Watch |
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Opening Money
by Justin Ritchie & Seth Moser-Katz The Extraenvironmentalist
By failing to question our money system, we've accepted an understanding of finance and fiat that's showing its flaws greater than ever... Listen |
transition US update
A monthly update from the US national hub of the international Transition movement.
 We're delighted by all of the projects that are emerging across the country that illustrate how communities are building resilience. From engaging with local elected officials in Arizona to increasing accessibility in public parks in Vermont, read our new monthly roundup: Stories from the Field #1.
Congratulations to the 14 brilliant and talented individuals who successfully completed the Train the Trainer course and officially becoming Transition LAUNCH Trainers. Participants from around the US and Canada all met in Chicago, the windy city, on the banks of that natural wonder, Lake Michigan, to rigorously dive into the training material. Naresh Giangrande and Sophy Banks, from Transition Network in the UK led the charge and facilitated a remarkable training experience. Read more about the Transition LAUNCH training here. |
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events
View our events calendar
 Cultivating Emotional, Social, and Ecological Intelligence
Aug 15-17, 2012, Berkeley, CA
The seminar is based on the Center for Ecoliteracy's forthcoming book, Ecoliterate: How Educators Are Cultivating Emotional, Social, and Ecological Intelligence, coauthored by Daniel Goleman, Lisa Bennett, and executive director Zenobia Barlow, with sections contributed by director of education programs Carolie Sly.... |
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 Richard Heinberg Australia speaking tour
Sep 15-29, 2012, Australia
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) is sponsoring a speaking tour in Australia by the renowned author, educator and speaker, Richard Heinberg...
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 Bioneers Conference 2012
Oct 19-21, 2012, San Rafael, California
Post Carbon Fellows Bill McKibben and Bill Ryerson will be speaking at the 23rd annual Bioneers conference. The theme of this year's conference is Breakdown to Breakthrough: Reimagining Civilization in the Age of Nature.
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