Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals Linked to Fracking Found in Colorado River
The Colorado River flows through the town of Rifle in Garfield County, Colorado. This week, more evidence came in that hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) poses potentially serious risks to drinking water quality and human health. A team of researchers...
Political Analysis – Energy: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth
Credit: Progressive Radio Network | Download Author, eco-activist and senior fellow at the Post Carbon Institute (PCI) Richard Heinberg joins Sandy LeonVest to talk about, among other things, PCI’s new book, “Energy: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth.” They discuss the folly...
Coming Home: E.F. Schumacher and the Reinvention of the Local Economy
Chris Bedfords new 37 minutes film tells the story of the E.F. Schumacher Societys remarkable work that includes founding of the nations first CSA, economic development based on Community Land Trusts, and the creation of the nations most successful...
Annie Leonard on stuff, “citizen muscle”, and what she’s giving this Christmas
What better way to close our month’s theme than to talk to Annie Leonard, creator of the ‘Story of Stuff’ series of videos, who has done more than anyone to popularise...
Scientists Plan for Grand Experiment in the Colorado River Delta
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...
SPECIAL BRIEFING: Attacking Fracking’s Achilles Heel — Economics
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: Puerto Rico en un mundo en transición
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
Preface to the Romanian edition of Snake Oil
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...
The Peak Oil Crisis: California’s Bubble Pops
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...
Post Carbon Institute: The Next 10 Years
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....