The Problem With Cheap Oil
Michael T. Klare : U.S. Economy
Whether the price of oil is high or low, someone's going to pay--and sooner or later all of us will--because our civilization is based on the stuff.
Michael T. Klare : U.S. Economy
Whether the price of oil is high or low, someone's going to pay--and sooner or later all of us will--because our civilization is based on the stuff.
This animated video finally answers the question: 'How did oil get so expensive?'
Mainstream media should consider these leads as they change gears from no-comment to hot-pursuit when it comes to the story of Iraq's most sought after commodity.
The Nation's Christopher Hayes discusses the Right's woeful misunderstanding of the country's gas prices crisis.
More than five years after the invasion of Iraq--just in case you were still waiting--the oil giants finally hit the front page.
Michael T. Klare : George W. Bush Administration
Oil companies, speculators and OPEC helped spike the cost of oil, but ruinous Bush Administration policies have compounded the damage.
Brave New Films : Presidential Election 2008
McCain has received millions in donations from the same companies that helped the Bush administration create an energy plan that has helped raise gasoline to $4 a gallon.
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush
Sure, greedy consumers play their part. But George W. Bush is responsible for the five-fold increase in the price of oil.
Nicholas von Hoffman : Environment
Forget change you can believe in and start dealing with the changes coming at you as fast as the price of fuel makes its way skyward.
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush
How have the Saudis thanked George W. Bush for protecting their sorry oil well of a country? Just check the price of gas.
Talking Points Memo : Presidential Election 2008
As far as Hillary Clinton is concerned, if you disagree with her gas tax plan, you're an elitist.
Nicholas von Hoffman : U.S. Economy
As Clinton and McCain pander to frustrated voters with tax cuts, the real remedies to rising gas prices go unexplored.
Michael T. Klare : U.S. Economy
Welcome to the Age of Insuffiency: As oil prices hit new highs and supplies sink, our way of life will drastically change.
Want proof the Iraq War was all about oil? Here it is.
War and corruption have decimated Iraq's oil supply, and Western companies are angling for a cut of what's left.
Venezuela's controversial program to provide heating oil to impoverished American communities exposes the inability of the richest nation on earth to meet the needs of its poor.
Venezuela's controversial program to provide heating oil to impoverished American communities exposes the inability of the richest nation on earth to meet the needs of its poor.
Nomi Prins : Electoral Politics
OK, market forces control oil prices. But market forces--with a lot of push from Republicans--are driving down the price of gas. And you can be sure they'll rise again after the election.
Nicholas von Hoffman : Electoral Politics
Will Democrats lose 50,000 votes every time the price of gasoline drops? If they do, don't blame the GOP (they don't have that much power). Blame instead the greed of US consumers.
Nicholas von Hoffman : Environment
As the generation of power brokers over 40 continues to blow off global warming, our dependence on a waning supply of oil will create a miserable future for their children and grandchilden.
Nicholas von Hoffman : Sustainable Agriculture
As the world grows short of oil, nations in search of a viable energy policy should take a lesson from Cuba, which turned to sustainable agriculture to offset its own oil crisis.
Nicholas von Hoffman : Environment
If we are to survive and prosper in an oil-short world, we must not only think outside the box--we must get rid of the box. We must abandon the long-held idea that growth is the path to achieve every national goal.
A nearly forgotten criminal conspiracy by GM, Firestone and Chevron shut down the nation's municipal railways, replacing them with gas-guzzling bus lines, paving the way for global warming and for our energy crisis.
The Bush Administration's warm embrace of the Equatorial Guinea's despotic President Teodoro Mbasogo demonstrates how low it will go in pursuit of oil.