Articles by Richard Heinberg
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If collective survival is possible, there will be a lot of work ahead. We’ll be more effective in that work if we’re unburdened by hate and recrimination, and are instead rooted in...
Richard Heinberg · 383 views
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Peak oil calls on us to imagine a lower-energy future and to start adapting now. It’s a game-changer, and a life-changer.
Richard Heinberg · 649 views
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Radical societal transformation is inevitable; a plan could make a difference between catastrophe and progress.
David Fridley, Richard Heinberg · 737 views
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“A goal without a plan is just a wish.”—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Despite all the demands from climate activists, scientists, and even policy makers, hardly a single country is taking...
Richard Heinberg · 1,923 views
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The end of growth will come one day, perhaps very soon, whether we’re ready or not. If we plan for and manage it, we could well wind up with greater well-being.
Richard Heinberg · 5,083 views
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To fully and systematically address the climate/energy crisis, the plan will have to be far broader in scope than what is currently being proposed. And while we need to mobilize society...
Richard Heinberg · 920 views
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A few days ago, Emily Atkin posted a reaction to Michael Moore’s latest film,
Richard Heinberg · 7,424 views
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Amid a horrific human tragedy of sickness and death, much of it taking place in hospitals staffed by brave but overworked and under-equipped doctors and nurses, we are all learning once...
Richard Heinberg · 3,086 views
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Humanity has a lot of problems these days. Climate change, increasing economic inequality, crashing biodiversity, political polarization, and a global debt bubble are just a few of our...
Richard Heinberg · 1,971 views
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We're not all ready to have the same conversation, but perhaps that's a good place to start
Richard Heinberg · 3,516 views
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On the surface, things appear normal. The status quo of life in America circa 2016 isn’t to everyone’s liking, but at least the system is still working after a fashion. The price of oil...
Richard Heinberg · 4,380 views
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On May 13 the American news media reported that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump had recruited U.S. Republican Congressman Kevin Cramer of North Dakota—a major...
Richard Heinberg · 36,465 views
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We need to recognize we share the planet with millions of other life forms
Time to celebrate! Woo-hoo! It’s official: we humans have started a new geological epoch – the Anthropocene...
Richard Heinberg · 5,854 views
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Did you know that Seoul, South Korea is one of the world’s key sites for post-growth economic re-development? No? Neither did I, until I saw for myself.
I was pleased to be invited...
Richard Heinberg · 1,812 views
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The piece is excerpted from the new book Snake Oil: How Fracking’s False Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future.
Richard Heinberg · 2,418 views
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You and I consume; we are consumers. The global economy is set up to enable us to do what we innately want to do—buy, use, discard, and buy some more. If we do our job well, the economy...
Richard Heinberg · 3,632 views
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The first two U.S. presidential debates have been painful to watch. Both candidates are running on platforms constructed from verbal hallucinations about the nation’s past, present, and...
Richard Heinberg · 3,806 views
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My aim in this essay is to explore the history of the terms sustainable and sustainability, and their various published definitions, and then to offer a set of five axioms (based on a...
Richard Heinberg · 2,889 views
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