# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-heinberg
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:55:16.984Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-heinberg"
name: "Richard Heinberg"
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description: "Richard William Heinberg is an American journalist and educator who has written on energy, economic, and ecological issues, including oil depletion. He is the author of 14 books, and is the senior fellow at the Post Carbon Institute."
tagline: "Writer, journalist, educator, environmentalist"
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birthDate: "1950-10-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump