The dry Colorado River Delta against the Cucapá Mountains. Photo by Erik Rochner/National Geographic Once written off as dying of thirst and beyond revival, the delta of the Colorado River is slated to get a rejuvenating flood that for scientists...
This is a recording of a special online briefing and conversation with Richard Heinberg and Deborah Rogers to explore how the anti-fracking community can turn the fracking industry’s biggest weapon into their greatest vulnerability. We’re being told that – thanks...
Richard Heinberg presenting at Universidad Metropolitana (UMET) Puerto Rico. Recorded August 28th 2013. The video has a Spanish intro and then switiches to Richard presenting in English at 3:30 mins. Read Richard’s Puerto Rico trip report
Snake Oil: How Fracking’s False Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future has been translated into Romanian! Here’s the preface Richard Heinberg wrote for that edition. ***In the United States, fracking is widely regarded as the biggest energy development in decades, a...
There was an important study released by the Post Carbon Institute last week that gives us an insight into how long our great shale oil bonanza —or more likely, bubble— is going to last. As you might suspect, the...
During the past decade Post Carbon Institute’s influence has grown markedly, thanks in no small part to all our supporters and allies. And we’re proud of the impressive list of accomplishments we’ve racked up (see this) in that time....
Terrence McNally: Stories of a World That Might Just Work What do you know about hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” of natural gas? Probably depends on who you’re listening to. The fossil fuel industry tells you it’s the biggest energy...
The Extraenvironmentalist Richard Heinberg updates us on the shale oil bubble and the implications of peak oil as we discuss Snake Oil: How Fracking’s False Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future. Richard reflects on the timing of peak oil predictions and what...
When you try to share the looming challenges with friends and family, do they sometimes say: “Enough about the problems, what are you going to do about it?” In the in the spirit of Thanksgiving and our 10th...
By Mike Gaworecki, Leslie Moyer – originally published at Alternet Palm oil. It’s the ubiquitous additive in everything from soaps and lotions to cookies and diet foods. It’s found in junk food like Cheez-Its, Tootsie Rolls, and M&Ms, but...