Living in the Anthropocene? – Sea Change Radio
Credit: Sea Change Radio | Download There’s a scientific debate afoot in geological and environmental circles about what to call the current time period. According to the International Union of Geological Sciences, we’re living in the Holocene epoch, but many believe that...
Bill Rees – Why Degrowth?
Post Carbon Fellow Bill Rees recorded in April at the Vancouver Degrowth Event on why degrowth is the only realistic path to sustainability. Watch the Q&A for this event
The EIA is Seriously Exaggerating Shale Gas Production in its Drilling Productivity Report
“Natural gas output from US’ Marcellus edges closer to 15 Bcf/d: EIA” declared the headline in Platts that attracted my attention, since the latest data on the Marcellus shale gas play of PA and WV indicated production was less...
The Catalytic Effect of Community-led Action
One of the most fascinating recent studies into the impact of Transition was Local Communities Leading the Way to a Low Carbon Society, a report published by AEIDL (Association Européenne pour l’Information sur le Développement Local. It looks at Transition,...
A Colorado Delta Community Reconnects with its River
Two days after the initial release of water at Morelos Dam, Michelle Selinas expresses sheer delight at the return of the Colorado River. Photo by Cheryl Zook / National Geographic On Tuesday afternoon, March 25, 2014, word got...
Exxon Mobil’s response to climate change is consummate arrogance
: Monday saw the release of the latest climate report from the planet’s scientists. Predictions of famine, flood, and so on – mostly what we already knew, in even more striking language. But Monday also saw the release of another document...
Will the Monterey Shale be an energy and economic boon for California?
On March 27, 2014 “Drilling California” author J. David Hughes was joined by business leader and Next Generation co-founder Tom Steyer and Robert Collier, a research fellow with Next Generation, to discuss the prospects of developing California’s Monterey Shale...
Export Stupidity
Congress is holding hearings this week on the possible lifting of a US oil export ban instituted in the 1970s to promote national energy self-sufficiency and has invited a number of “experts” with dubious ties to the oil...
Michael Shuman: The Benefits of Deploying Investment Capital Locally Vs Wall Street
Chris Martenson Michael Shuman
Credit: Peak Prosperity | Download The Federal Reserve and other central planners have worked overtime to lead the world back to “recovery” from the depths of the 2008 financial crisis. Using one of their main signaling indicators, they’ve succeeded: stock market indices are...
This World Water Day, Something Big to Celebrate
A withered tree in the once wet and fertile Colorado River Delta. Next week, a “pulse flow” will begin returning some water to the delta. Photo by Erik Rochner/National Geographic On Monday, March 24, I leave on a trip...