McKibben on historic Climate March at Democracy Now!
Post Carbon Fellow Bill McKibben was interviewed on Democracy Now! from the People’s Climate March, the biggest climate action in history. From the transcript: BILL McKIBBEN: Amy, thank you so much for being here and for documenting what’s...
PCI in Paul Krugman NYT op-ed
Economist Paul Krugman lined up PCI with the Koch Brothers in this NYT op-ed on fighting climate change for free. From the post: But climate despair produces some odd bedfellows: Koch-fueled insistence that emission limits would kill economic growth...
Hughes on the end of fracking at Vice News
Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes’ work on the shale bubble was featured in this article at Vice. From the article: America’s political elites are embracing the promise of American energy independence — and that, Hughes believes, is pure folly....
McKibben on IPCC leaked report and climate policy at Democracy Now!
Post Carbon Fellow Bill McKibben was interviewed on Democracy Now! about the recently leaked IPCC report and US political moves on climate change. From the transcript: Sure. The new U.N. report is more of the same. In a sense,...
Hughes quoted on US shale in the Financial Times
Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes was quoted in this article on prospects for US shale gas and tight oil in the Financial Times. From the article: David Hughes, a geologist and one of the leading shale sceptics, believes that...
Rebuilding the Foodshed reviewed at Traverse City Record-Eagle
The Post Carbon Resilience Guide Rebuilding the Foodshed by Philip Ackerman-Leist was reviewed in this article on rebuilding community resilience. From the review: Ackerman-Leist’s book is laced with humor, research, maps—even references to literature—and he cautions against polarization and...
Jackson quoted at Food Tank
Post Carbon Fellow Wes Jackson was quoted in this article on the future of agriculture. From the article: The United States currently loses 1.7 billion tons of topsoil a year. According to Wes Jackson, director of The Land Institute,...
Perl op-ed on coal risk at Vancouver Sun
Post Carbon Fellow Anthony Perl’s op-ed arguing against plans to build new coal shipment facilities appeared in the Vancouver Sun. From the article: Proposals for new coal export facilities on the west coast of North America are facing strong...
Hughes in Newsweek article on possible shale bubble
Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes was quoted in this Newsweek article looking at whether the US oil boom might be a bubble. From the article: Observers like Berman and Hughes believe the U.S. needs to prepare for a time...
Hughes in Tyee article on shale gas
Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes was quoted in this article on shale gas prospects. From the article: After studying production data from 65,000 wells from 31 different unconventional shale rock formations in 2012, David Hughes predicted big trouble ahead...