As oil prices continue to climb, the American public and elected officials are debating the source of the problem. While President Obama wisely seized on the moment to call for repealing oil company subsidies, the larger debate about our energy crunch continues to be mired in incomplete causes (speculation) and false solutions (natural gas). Meanwhile, another debate has rocked the small campus of Worcester Polytechnic Institute--pitting PCI's own Richard Heinberg against the CEO of ExxonMobil. Asher Miller explains the story...
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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University Vows to Lock Out Students Opposed to ExxonMobil
Post by Asher Miller • April 28, 2011
There's a storm brewing on the small campus of Worcester Polytechnic Institute over the kind of vision for the future to be imparted to graduating students at this year's commencement. Offering one vision is Rex Tillerson, the CEO of ExxonMobil—the largest private oil company in the world and a major funder of climate deniers... Read more |
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From the Pleistocene to the Motor City: Revolutions in human ecology
Speech transcript by Stephanie Mills • April 27, 2011
In the months and weeks since I began working on this talk, history, even geologic history, seems to have sped up. My original plan was to look back and pay homage to Paul Shepard... Read more |
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Will the EU Ban Fossil-Fuel Cars from Cities?
Article by Richard Gilbert • April 25, 2011
On March 28, the European Commission — the executive arm of the European Union — issued "Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area."... Read more |
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Stop signs don't work for bicycling
Post by Mia Birk • April 25, 2011
Riding my bicycle home not long ago, I encountered a police officer videotaping bicyclists at Ladd Circle, on one of Portland's most popular bikeways... Read more |
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Manual for mayors
Video commentary by Warren Karlenzig • April 22, 2011
Sustainability consultant and Post Carbon Fellow Warren Karlenzig discusses his latest project: a UN-backed green manual for China's megacities... Watch |
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Edible seeds making a comeback
Post by Jason Bradford • April 21, 2011
The Willamette Valley is famous for its grass seed production, and can even boast supplying the World Cup soccer fields in South Africa. The dominance of grass seed began to wane with the collapse of the housing bubble a few years ago... Read more |
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The peak oil crisis: killing off the recovery
Article by Tom Whipple • April 20, 2011
Since the middle of February oil prices have increased by some $22 a barrel. As the U.S. currently consumes just over 19 million barrels of oil a day, that means collectively we are now spending about $420 million a day more filling up our fuel tanks... Read more |
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Budget, Corruption, Economy, Investing, Energy and Japan Nuclear Crisis
Interview with Chris Martenson • April 18, 2011
Chris joins David Pakman live in studio for a discussion about the budget, economic situation, Wall Street, corruption, energy, the Japanese nuclear crisis, and more.... Watch |
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Bill McKibben at Power Shift 2011
Speech by Bill McKibben • April 17, 2011
At Powershift 2011, Bill McKibben gave a fiery speech about the climate movement, and outlines thoughts on 350.org's campaigns for 2011... Watch |
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How Climate Change Puts Globalization in Reverse
Interview with Rob Hopkins • April 12, 2011
Painting climate change as sheer disaster without offering an alternative vision blows people's world to pieces and offers them nothing. This is what Rob Hopkins...sees as a significant challenge to roping people into cutting their carbon emissions... Watch |
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Studies Say Natural Gas Has Its Own Environmental Problems
Post by Asher Miller • April 11, 2011
A new PCI report by Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes was featured in today's New York Times. From the article... Read more |
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Down to the Wire - preface to the paperback edition
Post by David Orr • April 5, 2011
I wrote Down to the Wire between 2007 and 2008 when many still believed that the United States was capable of making an effective national response to global climate destabilization... Read more |
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Our Economic Black Hole
Post by Richard Heinberg • April 2, 2011
In recent months economist and former Labor Secretary Robert Reich has been saying that the American economy is "in the gravitational pull of the Great Recession"... Read more |
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energy bulletin highlights
Below is a selection of recent articles and media appearing on Energy Bulletin.
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EB's first Live webchat. Join Asher Miller, Bart Anderson and Richard Heinberg
This month EB launched its first ever Live webchat event. Look out for more coming up...Read more |
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Economic Resilience #2. Expect Contraction
by Joanne Poyourow, Transition US
In our Oct 2010 session about the economy here in Los Angeles, we discussed "Conservation of cash." In other words: in these times of economic contraction, make the most of the U.S. dollars you do have. In that session we talked about budgets and getting by on less...Read more |
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Chickens in the Energy Descent
by Tom Shelley, TCLocal
Birds and their eggs have been part of our food chain for tens of thousands of years. In hard times, birds and their eggs were survival foods. In the not too distant future, chickens will be a pillar of survival and resiliency as we proceed into what we believe to be a looming energy descent...Read more |
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Pour Evian on your radishes
by Albert Bates, The Great Change
Evian is making a killing in Japan. With bottled water in scarce supply (rationed to 2 liters per person when it is available at all), it's seller's market. And yet, one of the best uses of Evian in northeast Japan might be pouring it into the dirt... Read more |
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Freedom through Frugality
by Carl Etnier, Equal Time Radio
Montpelier resident Jane Dwinell has followed the method in Your Money or Your Life to live frugally and retire in her mid-fifties. She celebrates and elaborates on the method in her new book, Freedom through Frugality... Listen |
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Dwindling energy resources will put the economy at risk
by The Nation and On The Earth Productions
In this twelfth video in the series "Peak Oil and a Changing Climate", Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics of the University of Missouri at Columbia John Ikerd argues that humans cannot wait much longer to address the reality that economic growth is unsustainable... Watch |
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Peak Moment 193: Sharing gardens — giving and receiving
by Yuba Gals Independent Media, Peak Moment Television
More than a community garden, this sharing garden provides fresh produce for all who've contributed to it, with surplus going to the local food bank... Watch |
transition US update
A monthly update from the US regional hub of the international Transition movement.
 The 350 Home & Garden Challenge on May 14 & 15, 2011, is only two weeks away! From coast to coast, in urban and rural communities, in backyards and on abandoned lots, school yards and window sills -- individuals, and even whole communities, are signing up to pick up their shovels and plant food, green homes, save water and build community. We're seeing the momentum build as more and more actions are being added to the map each day. We've passed the 350 mark on our way to our bold audacious goal of 2000 actions - browse the map of actions across the country and add your action.
This month we also welcome two new official Transition Initiatives in Massachussetts Greening Greenfield Energy Committee & Somerville Climate Action. Read the April Roundup of What's Happening in the World of Transition for more and find an initiative near you. |
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events
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 Tagore Festival 2011
May 1-7, 2011, Dartmouth, UK
Post Carbon Fellow Rob Hopkins will be speaking on the 'ingredients of Transition' and giving an update on the work of the movement.
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 Classrooms for Climate
May 4, 2011, Anchorage, AL
Post Carbon Fellow Majora Carter will give the keynote speech at this year's conference. On May 4th she will present on 'Hometown Security: Climate Adaptation, Social Innovation and Local Solutions'.
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 Say Bye-Bye to the Status Quo. Next Decade Will Be All About Resilience
May 10, 2011, San Francisco, CA
At this Pachamama monthly gathering Post Carbon Institute Executive Director Asher Miller explores how building resilience can help us successfully navigate these challenges and take this opportunity to reshape our lives.
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 PCI counterspeaking Exxon for Students for a Just and Stable Future
May 14, 2011, Worcester, MA
Post Carbon Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg has accepted an invitation from Students for a Just and Stable Future to speak as an alternative speaker to Rex Tillerson, CEO of Exxon Mobil, at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute commencement.
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 Free film screening of Fixing the Future: Rescuing the Economy in Communities Across America
May 18, 2011, Oakland, CA
Sustainable Business Alliance, Active Voice, East Bay Green Drinks, Sustainable Economies Law Center and East Bay Express invite you to this free screening of Fixing the Future.
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 Richard Heinberg at Transition Albany's Great Unleashing
May 22, 2011, Albany, CA
Post Carbon Fellow Richard Heinberg will give the keynote address at Transition Albany's Great Unleashing.
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 Minerva course and lecture series-oil
May 25, 2011, Schenectady, NY
Post Carbon Adviser Mia Birk will present on Pedaling toward a Healthier Planet as part of this lecture series on oil related issues.
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 Majora Carter to give Knox College commencement address
June 4, 2011, Galesburg, IL
Post Carbon Fellow Majora Carter will deliver the Commencement address at Knox College having been nominated by the graduating class.
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 Innotown 2011
June 8-9, 2011, Ålesund, Norway
Post Carbon Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg will join this year's Innotown Conference to speak about Energy and Peak Oil - The Bigger Picture.
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