As a Senior Fellow at the Post Carbon Institute, Richard Heinberg is widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost Peak Oil educators. He has authored scores of essays and articles and is also the author of 12 books, including some of the seminal works on society’s current energy and environmental sustainability crisis. A broad communicator, Heinberg’s animated videos have also sought in audience with those who wish to be educated about climate disruption and they’ve been viewed by over 1.5 million people.

Weinberg has been quoted and interviewed countless times for print, including for Reuters, the Associated Press, and Time magazine, television, including "Good Morning America," Al-Jazeera, and C-SPAN, and radio, including WABC and Air America.