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The Great American Fracking Bubble

May 21, 20186 years ago Guest Contributor 0 Comments

In 2008, Aubrey McClendon was the highest paid Fortune 500 CEO in America, a title he earned taking home $112 million for running Chesapeake Energy. Later dubbed “The Shale King,” he was at the forefront of the oil and gas industry’s next boom, made possible by advances in fracking, which broke open fossil fuels from shale formations around the U.S. What was McClendon’s secret?

Richard Heinberg: “Since government and the economics profession are largely abdicating leadership, civil society must…

April 20, 20177 years ago The Beam 0 Comments

This week Anne-Sophie Garrigou, journalist at The Beam, interviewed Richard Heinberg, a Senior Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute.

Fracking’s Slow-Motion Train Wreck Revealed In New Report

October 27, 20149 years ago Tina Casey 77 Comments

A new report from the Post Carbon Institute provides more evidence that the oil and gas fracking express will jump the tracks sooner rather than later.