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Richard Heinberg Launches Community Engagement Model of Publishing, Fights Big Oil

Richard Heinberg Mar 18, 2013   

Help us fight back against Big Oil's billion-dollar spin machine by pre-ordering and participating in the writing and editing of Richard Heinberg's next book, 'SNAKE OIL! How Big Energy's Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future'. ... >>

Deficit Reduction = Recession

Richard Heinberg Feb 26, 2013   

The math is not difficult. The US has an annual GDP of $14 trillion, and the nation’s current $1 trillion in annual deficit spending is seven percent of its GDP. Growth in GDP has recently … >>

Fiscal Cliff: Nowhere to go But Down

Richard Heinberg Dec 24, 2012   

  Most folks in Washington and on Wall Street are desperate to avoid the fiscal cliff. That’s because the automatic spending cuts and tax increases that would take effect if we go over … >>

Fossil Food & Agriculture - Richard Heinberg Q&A

Richard Heinberg Dec 3, 2012   

While researching the topic of sustainable agriculture for a paper, high school junior Rhian Moore came across the work of PCI Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg. Rhian reached out to Richard for … >>

You Can't Say That!

Richard Heinberg Nov 14, 2012   

In his November 14 press conference president Obama made a few brief comments about global warming: “There’s no doubt that for us to take on climate change in a serious way would … >>

Dangerous Ideas: The End of Growth

Richard Heinberg Nov 5, 2012   

Post Carbon Fellow Richard Heinberg presents at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas at Sydney Opera House. Recorded September 2012. >>

President Declares ‘War on Entropy’

Richard Heinberg Oct 26, 2012   

Enjoy this satirical look at the politics of energy by PCI Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg. CDN News, October 25 (Washington, DC) At a hastily organized news conference, president Obama this … >>

Gas Bubble Leaking, About to Burst

Richard Heinberg Oct 22, 2012   

For the past three or four years media sources in the U.S. trumpeted the “game-changing” new stream of natural gas coming from tight shale deposits produced with the technologies of … >>

Why Growth Is Ending (the elevator pitch)

Richard Heinberg Oct 12, 2012   

Diminishing Returns. Of the three phases of the industrial period (coal/steam/railroads, 1800-1930; oil/electrification/automobiles, 1930-1980; and computers/cell phones/Internet, … >>

Building Resilience in a Changing Climate

Richard Heinberg Aug 21, 2012   

Climate shocks are on the way. We’ve already spewed so much carbon into the atmosphere that a cascade of worsening crop failures, droughts, floods, and freak storms is virtually guaranteed. … >>