The world's shrinking supply of oil may have disastrous effects on the economy and our security.
By Michael Klare Jun 15, 2009
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Worried about upcoming energy legislation, the flacks come up with a fool-proof plan. Lipstick!
By Andrew Leonard
June 11, 2009
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Taxpayers are spending over $1 billion to send refined fuel to the Israeli military -- at a time when Israel doesn't need it and America does.
By Robert Bryce
January 16, 2009
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The price may fall still farther in 2009. Be careful what you wish for.
By Michael Klare
January 9, 2009
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I didn't mean to. I am an environmentalist. Really. But before I knew it, there it was, in front of my house.
By Mark Benjamin
January 5, 2009
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Been to the gas station lately? It's not pretty. This time, speculators might really be to blame
By Andrew Leonard
June 1, 2009
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For the first time in six months, the price of crude is pushing $60. Sit back and watch the economic "green shoots" wither.
By Andrew Leonard
May 12, 2009
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For a second straight year, global demand is shrinking, but the IEA says the world won't match the four-year contraction of the early 1980s. What do they know?
By Andrew Leonard
April 10, 2009
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The economic collapse at the end of 2008 brought U.S. oil consumption to its lowest mark in ten years. But so what? That's still utterly unsustainable.
By Andrew Leonard
February 27, 2009
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Barack Obama promised to institute a windfall profits tax on oil companies, but the policy was quietly removed from his Web site.
By Vincent Rossmeier
December 3, 2008
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For Hugo Chavez, Vladimir Putin, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, sub-$50 oil is a disaster. But don't cheer too loud
By Andrew Leonard
November 20, 2008
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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
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Neither Alaska, nor its governor, has the answer to America's energy problems
By Andrew Leonard
October 29, 2008
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Congressional Democrats are conceding on what had become a big issue in the campaign, and Republicans are rejoicing.
By Alex Koppelman
September 24, 2008
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Sarah Palin has a way of using "old boys" -- then dumping them when they become inconvenient.
By David Talbot
September 23, 2008
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Surging oil prices, bailout anxiety, the demise of the modern investment bank... It's a wonder the Dow didn't fall even further
By Andrew Leonard
September 22, 2008
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Pressure to settle cases means that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration collects less than half the fines it levies. But the real cost comes in worker health and safety.
By Robert Lewis
September 17, 2008
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The "culture of ethical failure" in one Interior Department agency has serious implications for the Republicans' offshore-drilling plans, so why aren't Democrats making it an issue?
By Alex Koppelman
September 11, 2008
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Put away the Quayle and Eagleton comparisons. Palin's for real, and on the key issue of energy policy, she has to be reckoned with
By Andrew Leonard
September 4, 2008
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Offshore, onshore, in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- the Republican vice-presidential nominee makes no bones about it: Drill!
By Andrew Leonard
August 29, 2008
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The oil tycoon's support of John McCain for president demonstrates that his heavily advertised plan for wind power is only hot air.
By Joseph Romm
August 28, 2008
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For Muslim women yearning for political power, Allah is not the problem.
By Andrew Leonard
August 26, 2008
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Most economists are still resisting the theory that oil markets were manipulated earlier this year, but some new evidence is testing their resolve
By Andrew Leonard
August 22, 2008
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With crude oil prices $30 below their peak, analysts are suffering whiplash. But no matter how low they go, it won't be for long.
By Andrew Leonard
August 19, 2008
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Busting the myths about cheap and unlimited oil being broadcast by Rush Limbaugh, Jerome Corsi and other dinosaurs.
By Peter Dizikes
August 18, 2008
Goodbye to cheap oil
New oil industry scheme: Girls, girls, girls!
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The problem with cheap oil
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Has Obama broken his first campaign promise?
Mean girl
"For these companies the penalties are pocket change"
Ain't no wind in T. Boone Pickens' sails
Did you hear that Alaska has more oil than the Middle East?
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