In a New York Times op-ed published September 18 titled “Errors and Emissions,” economist-columnist Paul Krugman took a swipe at my organization, Post Carbon Institute, lumping us together with the Koch brothers as purveyors of “climate despair.” No, the...
Perhaps you’ve seen one of the recent barrage of articles claiming that fears of an imminent peak and decline in world oil production have either been dispelled (because we actually have plenty of oil) or are misplaced (because climate...
Post Carbon Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg will give a keynote at the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) Congress on “Feeding 9 Billion: A Path to Sustainable Agriculture,” which will emphasize the critical role that technology and policy can...
Richard Heinberg will be giving the keynote talk on the first evening of the Economics of Sustainability Conference: Emerging Models for a Healthy Planet.
Here’s The Script, in four despicable acts: Act 1. Fracking boom goes bust as production from shale gas and tight oil wells stalls out and lurches into decline. Act 2. Oil and gas industry loudly blames anti-fracking environmentalists and...
Richard Heinberg interviewed on RT’s Great Minds August 1st, 2014.
Vladimir Putin image via Frederic Legrand / Shutterstock.com The New York Times reports that “The United States and Europe kicked off a joint effort on Tuesday intended to curb Russia’s long-term ability to develop new oil resources.” The new...
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. –Robert Frost Our contemporary world is host to two coexisting but fundamentally different—and, in at least...
Those of us who have some grasp of the urgent dilemmas posed by climate change and peak oil face a terrible conundrum. The whole system of industrial civilization is moving toward collapse. How can we reverse course to avert...
Post Carbon Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg was interviewed on peak oil and energy transition options at RT. Watch the interview: