Energy

Happy Oil Dependence Day

Robert Scheer : Iraq War

We're drowning in pretended patriotism used to cover the lies that got us into Iraq, the defense of torture and violation of our basic liberties.
Liposuction: The Key to Energy Independence

Barbara Ehrenreich : Humor

Obese America is literally sitting on vast energy reserves--all we need to do is extract it and turn it into fuel.
Truckers Take Their Case to the Capitol

Barbara Ehrenreich : Economic Policy

Riding with a caravan that descended on Washington Monday, to call for immediate government action to push down fuel prices.
What Nuclear Renaissance?

Christian Parenti : Global Warming & Climate Change

Despite a slick PR campaign hyping its promise, the nuclear industry isn't going anywhere. It's too costly and won't save us from global warming.
Truckers Hit the Brakes

Barbara Ehrenreich : Economic Policy

Hard hit by rising costs and the threat of losing their rigs, truckers are staging protests, calling for a bailout and lower fuel prices. What if the rest of us joined them?
Energy Lessons from South Africa

Nicholas von Hoffman : South Africa

South Africa's growth rate is outstripping its ability to generate electricity. There's a message here for us.

2007

The Secret Library of Hope

Rebecca Solnit : Peace Activism

Twelve authors on war and peace, dissent, the environment and the empowerment of the poor provide inspiration to transform the world in 2008.
Global Warming Is Reversible

Bernie Sanders : Global Warming & Climate Change

The technology exists to solve environmental problems and improve our standard of living.
Beyond the Age of Petroleum

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.
Why Milk Costs More Than Gas

Nicholas von Hoffman : Food & Nutrition

America's kids will get less calcium because of our unabated appetite for gas-guzzling cars--and the wrongheaded belief that ethanol is the answer.
The Dirty Rock

Jeff Goodell : Global Warming & Climate Change

Could clean coal become a reality, or is it just another corporate fantasy?

Return to Chelyabinsk

Mark Hertsgaard : Environment

A G-8 plan to ramp up nuclear energy is defended as a necessary response to global warming. But the nuclear waste it generates will hurt people and the planet.
Who Killed the Miners?

Erik Reece : Working Conditions

Recent mining disasters demonstrate that the Bush Administration should be called to account for replacing federal mine regulators, who were identifying hazards and meeting requirements, with industry-friendly stand-ins.
The Geopolitics of Natural Gas

Michael T. Klare : Russia

Natural gas is rapidly emerging as the next big prize for consumer countries like the US and China. In the twenty-first century, alliances and hostilities between economic powerhouses and volatile nations will be carved by the pipes that will someday carry this environmentally safer resource.

Titans of Trash

Heather Rogers : Corporate Responsibility & Accountability

Gas-guzzling SUVs take a lot of blame, but landfills make stealthy stealthy contributions to climate change. While they should be developing innovative waste disposal strategies, corporate-owned landfills use techniques that generate heat-trapping methane that accelerate global warming.
Oil Tycoons Grilled on Windfall Profits

Ari Berman : Senate

Top oil execs were asked numerous questions at a Senate hearing on spectacular profits earned in the wake of tropical storms. But they had no real answers about how to ease the burden on ordinary Americans.
Gas Price-gouging or Business as Usual?

Nicholas von Hoffman : Senate

As the Senate opens hearings this week calling energy execs to account for their windfall profits on gasoline and natural gas, the question must be asked: Is this price-gouging or just good old-fashioned capitalism?

Crude Awakening

Michael T. Klare : Oil
Election Matters

Mark Hertsgaard : Environment

The question about Kerry is whether he will turn out to be a politician who comprehends environmental dangers but who shrinks from doing much about them.