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The Quest for Connection

Craig K. Comstock | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Energy, Oil, The Quest, Peak Oil, Climate Change, James Hansen, Daniel Yergin, Global Warming, Richard Heinberg, Green News
Craig K. Comstock

Daniel Yergin has succeeded as a historian of energy, but failed as envisioner of a tolerable future. On the jacket of his new book, a parade of e...

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Who Killed Economic Growth? (And Why the Planet Is Listening)

Asher Miller | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Limits to Growth, Post Carbon Institute, Richard Heinberg, Economic Growth, National Debt, Peak Oil, End of Growth, Oil Industry, Oil Prices, Oil, Oil Economy, Green News
Asher Miller

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Models for a Movement

Craig K. Comstock | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Al Gore, Movement, Bill Mckibben, George Monbiot, Climate Change, Initiation, Alternative Satisfactions, Global Warming, Richard Heinberg, Gwr, Green News
Craig K. Comstock

The new book GWR: The Global Warming Reader leaves a reader wondering why, given the evidence, there's not a robust movement to replace the causes of...

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Weekly Mulch: The Sticky Truth about Oil Spills and Tar Sands

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, The American Prospect, Green Jobs, Oil Sands Discovery Centre, Obama Administration, Richard Heinberg, The Nation, Friends of the Earth, Pipeline, National Oil Spill Commission, Canada, Offshore Drilling, Tar Sands, Mother Jones, Oil Pipelines, Earth Island Journal, Transcanada, Bp, The Michigan Messenger, Halliburton, Alberta, Keystone XL, Care2, Oceana, Transocean, Post Carbon Institute, State Department, Peak Oil, BP Oil Spill, Hillary Clinton, Paul Elliott, Economy, Green News
The Media Consortium

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger The National Oil Spill Commission released its report on last year's BP oil spill this week. The report la...

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The Big Shake: Is Chicago Earthquake a Wake Up Call for Clean Coal?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carbon Capture Storage, Dirty Coal, President Obama, Ccs, Clean Coal, Earthquakes, Dick Durbin, Richard Heinberg, Clean Energy, Bridge to Nowhere, Coal, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Illinois, Futuregen, Chicago News
Jeff Biggers

Some experts openly question whether injecting carbon dioxide back into underground storage areas might actually trigger earthquakes.

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Blackout: Dwindling Coal Reserves and the Siren Song of "Clean Coal"

David Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carbon Capture and Storage, Peak Coal, Clean Coal, Energy Return on Investment, Peak Oil, Eroi, Hubbert Curve, Energy Crisis, Richard Heinberg, Coal, Green News
David Roberts

If we don't begin massive investment in renewable power sources, civilization could be at risk before the end of the century. Such is the stark conclusion of Blackout, one of the scariest books I've ever read.

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