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The Last Refuge
Our Fellows, Advisors, Board and staff weigh in on the top issues of the day on the Post Carbon Institute blog.
Last post I covered some guiding principles for urban resilience planning in the face of climate change and diminishing resources (especially fresh water and oil). Considering these guidelines, … >>
One reason I like to host seminars at the Center for Ecoliteracy is that you never know who is going to show up. Last August, one of the 80 people who participated in our Short Course on Systems … >>
It's almost too easy to vilify corporations. What, with all the evil stuff they do. Take the coal industry for example, who blow up our mountains, poison our air and water, contribute massively to global climate change, and spend untold millions of dollars on disinformation campaigns, lobbying Congress, buying Senators, and lying to block efforts to tackle the climate crisis. I mean, they are practically begging for our hatred, right? Right. ... >>
With all the efforts going into urban climate action plans and carbon reduction, will many cities and suburbs be caught unprepared for other sustainability crises, such as acute water or energy … >>
[Excerpt] It should come as no surprise to anyone paying attention to the politics of climate legislation to hear Senator Lindsey Graham pronounce, “the cap-and-trade bills in the House and … >>
A new report by a United Kingdom industry taskforce predicts steep oil price rises and gasoline supply shortages by 2014-2015, which will put the global economy at similar risk to the 2007-2008 … >>
This is old news, but new news to me: Eggo Waffles Facing Shortage Until Mid-2010. My brother and his family are in town for the weekend and we were talking last night about their breakfast … >>
Last week we received a letter at the Post Carbon Institute office from Scott B., a sports car owner/engine rebuilder/computer programmer, whose frustration is boiling over at the lack of attention paid his Big Idea to Save the Planet (BISP). Scott’s letter presented a very, very simple idea, one that has been gnawing at me since I read it, forcing me to take a close look at a perhaps unsolvable equation (more on the Great Puzzle below). Scott’s idea: ... >>
[Excerpt] Recent shale gas projects, including those involving the massive Marcellus Shale in several northeastern states, have been yielding significant quantities of fuel. Reserves of the stuff … >>
One of the great challenges in urban planning and green building has been material life cycle energy use--how steel, concrete and wood products are produced and transported. Add to that the … >>
Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg addresses the question of whether any combination of known energy sources can successfully supply society’s energy needs at least up to the year 2100.
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