Energy Crisis

Joe Biden: Face global warming or global conflict Joe Biden: Face global warming or global conflict

The presidential candidate says failing to address climate change would lead to new wars and a changed U.S. military.
By Amanda Griscom Little Sep 17, 2007

  • A correction on California's energy crisis

    Enron's pick for FERC chair was not the man responsible for a slow federal response to the electricity deregulation debacle
    By Andrew Leonard February 3, 2009

  • Turn down that thermostat, permanently

    In the new world order, energy scarcity will dominate our lives -- determining when we drive, if we travel, and what we eat.
    By Michael T. Klare April 24, 2008

  • Running on empty

    The leading energy analysts who foretold Enron's demise have an alarming new claim: The world's major oil companies are almost tapped out.
    By Robert Bryce March 15, 2005

  • What if you deregulated a market, and no one cared?

    Even in the states where electricity deregulation has supposedly worked, there's little choice for consumers and scant savings.
    By T.M. Sell May 24, 2004

  • The perils of cheap oil

    Enjoy your trips to the gas pump while you can. It won't be long until the energy crisis is back, bigger and better than ever.
    By Andrew Leonard November 18, 2008

  • Sarah Palin's silly energy speech

    Neither Alaska, nor its governor, has the answer to America's energy problems
    By Andrew Leonard October 29, 2008

  • Peak oil -- the German techno-thriller

    Who needs science fiction for a fantastic plot when a global energy crisis looms?
    By Andrew Leonard March 27, 2007

  • Gray Davis and the vast right-wing conspiracy

    The effort to recall California's Democratic governor shows again that the GOP will stop at nothing to win more power.
    By Tim Grieve June 21, 2003

  • Bush continues his neglect of California

    New documents show the president left California hanging in the energy crisis.
    By Robert Scheer May 14, 2002

  • From Enron to Cheney to California

    Golden State politicians are on the warpath after a leaked memo reveals Kenneth Lay's instructions on how the White House should handle last year's electricity crisis.
    By Anthony York February 1, 2002

  • Enron's California smoking gun

    Did the Bush administration do the disgraced company's bidding during the state's electricity crisis?
    By Anthony York January 16, 2002

  • Gray Davis goes electric

    The California governor brings his Bush-bashing act to Washington.
    By Jake Tapper June 21, 2001

  • The unlikely populist

    California's Gray Davis is scoring political points by bashing Bush and "greedy" Texas energy firms, but the cautious centrist probably won't become the scourge of the energy industry.
    By William Bradley June 1, 2001

  • The energy mess and fascist gays

    The liberal elite is demonizing the "big oil" that keeps its cars running. Plus: Gays, get a clue -- heterosexuality is nature's norm.
    By Camille Paglia May 23, 2001

  • Let them eat coal

    Democrats charge that the Bush energy plan leaves the poor in the cold.
    By Jake Tapper May 18, 2001

  • Feeling the heat

    As Bush unveils his industry-friendly energy plan, even members of his own party are starting to sweat.
    By Anthony York May 17, 2001

  • ANWR drilling, and conservation too

    A preview of Bush's energy plan reveals a lot the energy industry will love, and a little for its critics.
    By Jake Tapper May 16, 2001

  • Dick Cheney's 10 energy-saving tips!

    A few sensible ways not to end up like those losers in California.
    By Tom McNichol May 10, 2001

  • The world according to Paul

    Economist du jour Paul Krugman weighs in on the China standoff, California's energy crisis and whether the economy has hit rock bottom.
    By Damien Cave April 5, 2001

  • Energy vultures

    California's electricity crisis could have been avoided if profiteering power-generating companies hadn't blocked further deregulation.
    By Anthony York February 14, 2001

  • The deregulation debacle

    Who's responsible for for California's electricity crisis? Everyone.
    By Anthony York January 30, 2001

  • Power and the people

    The electricity industry and the GOP blame NIMBY neighbors for the crisis. Critics say they're trying to turn out the lights on democracy.
    By Damien Cave January 30, 2001

  • Lights out

    Katharine Mieszkowski reports on the continuing West Coast energy crisis, while Janelle Brown goes underground as she explores the attraction of a new urban sport called "infiltration."
    By Janelle Brown and Katharine Mieszkowski January 29, 2001

  • Gov. Davis and the failure of power

    California's energy crisis is another lesson in the need for campaign finance reform.
    By Arianna Huffington January 27, 2001
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