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Speakers Bureau

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Post Carbon Institute Speakers

Richard Heinberg

Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow
Richard Heinberg is the award-winning author of nine books including:
- Blackout: Coal, Climate, and the Last Energy Crisis (June 2009)
- Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines (2007)
The Oil Depletion Protocol: A Plan to Avert Oil Wars, Terrorism, and Economic Collapse (2006)
Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World (2004)
The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies (2003)
Richard is based in Santa Rosa, California.
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John Kaufmann, Fellow
John Kaufmann was the lead staffer for the groundbreaking Portland, Oregon Peak Oil Task Force (2006-2007), which looked at the implications of declining oil and gas supplies for the city. John is a Senior Policy Analyst with the Oregon Department of Energy, responsible for oil and natural gas supply issues. He has worked with that agency for over 25 years, starting as one of the nation's first state-level solar energy specialists. John is based in Salem, Oregon.
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Daniel Lerch, Program Director
Daniel Lerch is the author of Post Carbon Cities: Planning for Energy and Climate Uncertainty (2007), the first major local government guidebook on peak oil and global warming. He has delivered presentations and workshops on energy uncertainty to elected officials, city planners and other audiences across the United States, as well as in Canada, Ireland and the UK. Daniel is based in Portland, Oregon.
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