Interview by Adam Ramsey, Open Democracy Leading American climate change activist and founder of 350.org Bill McKibbon calls for environmentalists to get on the front foot ahead of his European speaker tour. Journalist and author Bill McKibben is...
Most of us are aware by now that the introduction of widespread hydraulic fracturing into the oil and gas business has resulted in a rapid growth in U.S. production. U.S. crude output is up by nearly 2.5 million barrels...
As the battle over the Keystone XL pipeline has worn on — and it’s now well over two years old — it’s illuminated the Obama presidency like no other issue. It offers the president not just a choice of policies, but...
Majora Carter believes that it’s more productive to call for “Environmental Equality” rather than for the end of “Environmental Racism” in her fight to stop the practice of overburdening poor communities with a disproportionate number of polluting industries. What’s...
Post Carbon Fellow Rob Hopkins spoke about what communities can do to meet the challenges we face by “making the politically impossible politically inevitable”. This talk was given at Tufts University. Rob was one of 3 speakers. Rob’s talk...
It is time to take a break from the gloom and doom in Washington and the Middle East and look at for some better news about the future of energy. Every day I look at a web site run...
It’s easy to understand why there’s widespread support for politicians and others who argue we shouldn’t talk about climate change in the middle of a bushfire emergency. When you’re fighting to keep your house, grieving over the loss of...
Post Carbon Fellow and Transition Network founder Rob Hopkins tells the story of how Transition works.
The Gila River in southwestern New Mexico is an ecological gem, but is threatened by a proposed diversion. Photo by Sandra Postel The western United States was settled with the help of big dams and river diversions that delivered...
