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The Bill McKibben Reader
Our Fellows, Advisors, Board and staff weigh in on the top issues of the day.
In 2005 the US Department of the Environment and the US Department of Agriculture released an influential report claiming that by 2030 US farms could produce almost a billion tons of biomass for … >>
[Excerpt] More than 70 percent of Iowa's electricity comes from coal. That's a much higher proportion than the national average of 50 percent. Not only does this imply a supersized statewide … >>
[On August 24th the New York Times published an op-ed ‘Peak Oil’ Is a Waste of Energy by Michael Lynch. This commentary is in response to that piece.] First, I am disheartened to see … >>
Dear friends, For once, this email isn't asking you to do anything at all. It's merely sharing the news--the amazing news--that arrived about 45 minutes ago at 350 headquarters. Rajendra … >>
[Excerpt] Yet another potentially disruptive technology has been announced. This time a small company, Joule Biotechnologies, up in Cambridge MA says it has developed a process to produce … >>
For months now, I’ve been wrestling about whether or not Post Carbon Institute should offset the carbon emissions of our Speakers Bureau. Whenever possible, we prefer to have our speakers … >>
When we moved the Post Carbon Cities office to downtown Portland I was thrilled to get a bird's-eye view of the downtown streetcar, the first new streetcar line built in the US since World War II. … >>
Everyone agrees: our economy is sick. The inescapable symptoms include declines in consumer spending and consumer confidence, together with a contraction of international trade and available … >>
Originally published on Grist [Excerpt] That pleading little essay I wrote in 2005? It was probably the last moment I could have written it. Clearly there were lots and lots of people already … >>
I recall seeing Dr. Fatih Birol, Chief Economist of the International Energy Agency (IEA), at the ASPO conference in Berlin in 2004, where he debated the validity of the Peak Oil thesis with … >>
In Rebuilding the Foodshed Philip Ackerman-Leist refocuses the local-food lens on the broad issue of rebuilding regional food systems that can replace the destructive aspects of industrial agriculture, meet food demands affordably and sustainably, and be resilient enough to endure potentially rough times ahead.
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