The Future is Rural
By Jason Bradford, Post Carbon Institute
The Future is Rural challenges the conventional wisdom about the future of food in our modern, globalized world.
Shale Reality Check
Shale gas and tight oil from low permeability reservoirs have provided a new lease on life for U.S. oil and gas production. The question is, how sustainable is shale production in the long term given optimistic forecasts of robust production through 2050 and beyond?
The Community Resilience Reader: Essential Resources for an Era of Upheaval
By Daniel Lerch, Island Press
The Community Resilience Reader combines a fresh look at the challenges humanity faces in the 21st century, the essential tools of resilience science, and the wisdom of activists, scholars, and analysts working with community issues on the ground.
2016 Tight Oil Reality Check
By David Hughes
Revisiting the U.S. Department of Energy Play-by-Play Forecasts through 2040 from An…
2016 Shale Gas Reality Check
By David Hughes
Revisiting the U.S. Department of Energy Play-by-Play Forecasts through 2040 from An…
Our Renewable Future: Laying the Path for One Hundred Percent Clean Energy
By Richard Heinberg, David Fridley, Island Press
In Our Renewable Future, energy expert Richard Heinberg and scientist David Fridley explore the challenges and opportunities presented by the shift to renewable energy.
Eagle Ford Reality Check
By David Hughes, Post Carbon Institute
In Eagle Ford Reality Check, David Hughes, author of Drilling Deeper (which likely remains the most thorough independent analysis of U.S. shale gas and tight oil production ever conducted) and a number of other reports on North American shale gas and tight oil production, looks at how production in the Eagle Ford has changed after a year of low oil prices.
Renewable Energy After COP21
By Richard Heinberg, David Fridley, Post Carbon Institute
The COP21 conference in Paris in December 2015 was the biggest international agreement on climate change since Kyoto. Now comes the hard part of cutting greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to keep global average temperature rise under 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Six Foundations for Building Community Resilience
By Daniel Lerch, Post Carbon Institute
Six Foundations for Building Community Resilience describes how communities can approach the full scope of the 21st century’s challenges equitably and sustainably.
Bakken Reality Check
By David Hughes, Post Carbon Institute
The Nation’s Number Two Tight Oil Play After a Year of Low Oil Prices
2015 Tight Oil Reality Check
By David Hughes, Post Carbon Institute
In this update, David Hughes explores how the EIA’s projections and assumptions regarding tight oil have changed over the last year, and assesses the AEO2015 against both Drilling Deeper and up-to-date production data from key tight oil plays.
Vermont Dollars, Vermont Sense
By Michael Shuman, Post Carbon Institute
Vermont Dollars, Vermont Sense profiles 28 local investment tools for grassroots investors, businesses, finance professionals, and others--with examples of how these ideas are being realized today in Vermont, the state with the strongest local economy movement in the country.
2015 Shale Gas Reality Check
By David Hughes, Post Carbon Institute
Revisiting the U.S. Department of Energy Play-by-Play Forecasts through 2040 from Annual Energy Outlook 2015