Let’s talk about Bushfires, Climate Change and Coal
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...
Bill McKibben “Oil and Honey”
Bill McKibben talks about and reads from his book Oil and Honey.
Rob Hopkins answers “What is Transition?”
Post Carbon Fellow and Transition Network founder Rob Hopkins tells the story of how Transition works.
New Mexicans Call for Conservation over River Diversions
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...
Resilient against what?
In this era of climate change, we love talking about “resilience”: New Orleans rebounding from Hurricane Katrina in 2005; Central Europe braving freezing, then flooding, and then extreme heat in 2010; Australia making it through 17 years of drought....
More Water Stress than Meets the Eye
In nearly 1 in 10 U.S. watersheds, water use exceeds the natural water supply. Water stress worsens as colors trend from green to yellow to orange to red. Map courtesy of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental...
Richard Heinberg talks Snake Oil
Credit: The many shades of green | Download Like traveling medicine men in the old west, oil and gas companies are trying to sell us their panacea for our future energy needs. My guest Richard Heinberg, author of the book Snake...
Powering California: Is hydraulic fracturing California’s energy future?
Is hydraulic fracturing California’s energy future? It’s being hailed as a modern day gold rush by some, by others, an environmental disaster. Is there any middle ground? Post Carbon Institute Board Member Debbie Cook and Director of Energy In...
The Big Debate: Is there a ‘Transition position’ on fracking?
During August, at the peak of the campaign against the fracking for natural gas at Balcombe, West Sussex, the BBC ran a story called Dorking ‘green’ group in favour of fracking. It stated, “One group in Surrey set up...
Snake Oil interview on Ecology Hour
Credit: Ecology Hour, Mendocino County Public Broadcasting Richard Heinberg talks about his new book Snake Oil: How Fracking’s False Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future.