Our Renewable Future: Laying the Path for One Hundred Percent Clean Energy

June 2, 2016

The next few decades will see a profound energy transformation throughout the world. By the end of the century (and perhaps sooner), we will shift from fossil fuel dependence to rely primarily on renewable sources like solar, wind, biomass, and geothermal power. Driven by the need to avert catastrophic climate change and by

More info

Eagle Ford Reality Check

David Hughes

December 16, 2015

The Nation’s Top Tight Oil Play After a Year of Low Oil Prices Oil production in the Eagle Ford Play of southern Texas, the largest tight oil play in the U.S., is now falling after more than a year of low oil prices—but it has proven more resilient than many observers expected. This paper reviews the

More info

Renewable energy after COP21

Richard Heinberg

December 14, 2015

The COP21 conference in Paris in December 2015 was the biggest international agreement on climate change since Kyoto. Now comes the hard part of cutting greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to keep global average temperature rise under 1.5 degrees Celsius. Many leaders in the environmental and philanthropic communities say the best way to

More info

Six Foundations for Building Community Resilience

Daniel Lerch

November 18, 2015

Efforts to build community resilience often focus on growing the capacity to “bounce back” from disruptions, like those caused by climate change. But climate change is not the only crisis we face, nor is preparing for disruption the only way to build resilience. Truly robust community resilience should do more. It should engage and benefit all

More info

Bakken Reality Check

David Hughes

October 7, 2015

The Nation’s Number Two Tight Oil Play After a Year of Low Oil Prices The Bakken Play, located in North Dakota and Montana, is the birthplace of tight (shale) oil and in many ways the poster child of the so-called “shale revolution.” Between 2010 and 2014, oil production in North Dakota grew nearly

More info

2015 Tight Oil Reality Check

David Hughes

September 17, 2015

In this update to Drilling Deeper, David Hughes explores how the EIA’s 2015 tight oil projections and assumptions have changed over the last year, and assesses the AEO2015 against both Drilling Deeper and up-to-date production data from key tight oil plays

More info

Vermont Dollars, Vermont Sense

Michael Shuman

August 13, 2015

Authors: Michael Shuman and Gwendolyn Hallsmith A growing local economy movement is putting down roots in the United States and around the world, as people work to strengthen local businesses, promote “buy local” campaigns, and end subsidies and other unfair advantages given to nonlocal businesses. Even in its early stages, local investment is

More info

2015 Shale Gas Reality Check

David Hughes

July 21, 2015

In this update to Drilling Deeper, David Hughes explores how the EIA’s 2015 shale gas projections and assumptions have changed over the last year, and assesses the AEO2015 against both Drilling Deeper and up-to-date production data from key shale gas plays

More info

Afterburn: Society Beyond Fossil Fuels

Richard Heinberg

February 27, 2015

Climate change, along with the depletion of oil, coal, and gas, dictate that we will inevitably move away from our profound societal reliance on fossil fuels; but just how big a transformation will this be? While many policy-makers assume that renewable energy sources will provide an easy “plug-and-play” solution, author Richard Heinberg suggests

More info

Perforando Más y Más – Resumen Ejecutivo

February 19, 2015

This is a Spanish translation of the Executive Summary of Post Carbon Institute's report Drilling Deeper.

More info