MuseLetter #255 / August 2013 by Richard Heinberg Download printable PDF version here (PDF, 105 KB) 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 […]
MuseLetter #254 / July 2013 by Richard Heinberg Download printable PDF version here (PDF, 138 KB) Alaska’s Coal: Flashpoint for Coming Climate Battles If there is any place on planet Earth where we should dig in our heels against expanded coal mining, it is surely Alaska. Imagine the environmental travesty of ships by the hundreds […]
MuseLetter #253 / June 2013 by Richard Heinberg Download printable PDF version here (PDF, 90 KB) The text of this month’s Museletter is an interview I gave to the French newspaper La Décroissance. I’ve also included a link to my recent keynote speech at the Business of Clean Energy in Alaska conference in May, where […]
MuseLetter #252 / May 2013 by Richard Heinberg Hi readers, This month has been a rush of deadlines as I work to complete the final chapters of my new book ‘SNAKE OIL! How Big Energy’s Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future’. This being the case I have no new writing to offer you this month […]
MuseLetter #251 / April 2013 by Richard Heinberg Download printable PDF version here (PDF, 102 KB) This month’s Museletter is made up of a an essay I wrote for the book ‘Energy: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth’. In addition I’ve included a link to a short video update about my forthcoming ‘Snake oil’ […]
MuseLetter #250 / March 2013 by Richard Heinberg Hi, I’m busy working on my next book titled SNAKE OIL! How Big Energy’s Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future, and would really appreciate your participation. The book is going to debunk big energy’s misleading promise of plenty, by presenting the facts of our energy predicament. It […]
MuseLetter #249 / February 2013 by Richard Heinberg Download printable PDF version here (PDF, 87 KB) Dear Readers, MuseLetter for February offers pretty slim pickings (see below). Why so little, so late? Well, I’m working on a new book. I’ll have more to tell you about that next month! Best wishes, Richard Deficit Reduction […]
MuseLetter #248 / January 2013 by Richard Heinberg Download printable PDF version here (PDF, 101 KB) This first Museletter of 2013 is in two parts. First up is the conclusion of the address which I gave to the International Conference on Sustainability, Transition and Culture Change in November. Second are musings on the very topical […]
MuseLetter #247 / December 2012 by Richard Heinberg Download printable PDF version here (PDF, 119 KB) This month’s Museletter comes from an address which I gave to the International Conference on Sustainability, Transition and Culture Change in November. Part two ‘A theory of change for a century of crisis’ will appear in January’s Museletter. Conflict […]
MuseLetter #246 / November 2012 by Richard Heinberg The US Presidential election campaign served up much in the way of promises but worryingly little in the way of energy and climate reality. For this month’s Museletter I’ve included three pieces I wrote as the campaign wrapped up — the last of the three is intended […]
MuseLetter #245 / October 2012 by Richard Heinberg Download printable PDF version here (PDF, 94KB) I’ve spent most of the past month touring Australia and New Zealand, giving over a dozen lectures in about as many cities. This month’s MuseLetter includes two op-eds from that tour. First is a submission to the Sydney Morning Herald, […]
MuseLetter #244 / September 2012 by Richard Heinberg Download printable PDF version here (PDF, 104 KB) With Arctic ice at record lows the impact of climate change is becoming increasingly clear. This month’s lead article looks at the case for building resilience in the face of the coming changes. Part 2 brings you the latest […]