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  • Terror in the Saudi kingdom

    CIA veteran Bob Baer talks about the censored 9/11 report, why al-Qaida is still cozy in the house of Saud -- and why Osama is winning.
    By Mark Follman August 1, 2003

  • Rebuilding Iraq

    American officials are squabbling over how to put post-Saddam Iraq back together again. The fate of the entire region may rest on whether they get it right.
    By Laura Miller April 2, 2003

  • When oil fields become battlefields

    If Saddam repeats his Gulf War strategy of torching oil wells, he could set off one of the worst environmental disasters in history.
    By Farhad Manjoo March 20, 2003

  • Big Oil fears war, too

    While "No blood for oil!" echoes in the streets, analysts say oil companies actually dread war in Iraq.
    By Dan Baum February 25, 2003

  • What the Cheney White House really wants out of Iraq

    For the morally flexible oilman and his cronies, it's all about money.
    By Arianna Huffington February 19, 2003

  • The Salon Interview: Arianna Huffington

    In "Pigs at the Trough," the former Republican skewers corporate evildoers. But don't call her a Democrat.
    By Joan Walsh February 11, 2003

  • How the media got the facts about Arctic oil wrong

    Politics, media spin and plain old confusion have inflated estimates of the Arctic Wildlife Refuge's petroleum reserves, an expert says.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski January 6, 2003

  • George Bush's war on nature

    Republicans are pushing the most radical assault on the environment in modern times. But history warns of catastrophe for leaders who trust ideology over science.
    By Glenn Scherer January 6, 2003

  • The coming SUV wars

    Is the tide of public opinion turning against these metal monstrosities?
    By Arianna Huffington November 25, 2002

  • An ad George Bush should love

    "I helped blow up a Bali nightclub -- by driving my SUV to work every day!"
    By Arianna Huffington October 22, 2002

  • At the U.N., it's all about the money

    High ideals? Lofty rhetoric? As the Security Council debates the Bush campaign against Iraq, billions of dollars in oil and old debt are the hidden agenda.
    By Eric Boehlert October 14, 2002

  • Hydrotopia

    Say goodbye to fossil fuels. Author and environmentalist Jeremy Rifkin explains why hydrogen is the next great power source.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski September 24, 2002

  • The conspiracy theory that wouldn't die

    Did a shadowy group of American diplomats threaten the Taliban last year, provoking the 9/11 attack? Many on the left think so. Now the diplomats tell their side of the story.
    By Damien Cave August 15, 2002

  • False promises, real anger

    Across Central Africa, mining and oil facilities are becoming flash points for a fight between international corporations and local residents.
    By Stefan Lovgren July 29, 2002

  • Al-Qaida monitored U.S. negotiations with Taliban over oil pipeline

    A memo by military chief Mohammed Atef raises new questions about whether failed U.S. efforts to reform Afghanistan's radical regime -- and build the pipeline -- set the stage for Sept. 11.
    By Jean-Charles Brisard June 5, 2002

  • How angry are the Saudis?

    After leaked threats to "use the oil weapon" and blunt talk at a Texas summit, a Mideast expert helps untangle diplomatic appearance and reality.
    By Eric Boehlert April 26, 2002

  • "I would challenge them to a duel"

    The fight over Arctic oil drilling brings out the wild beast in senators on both sides.
    By Bryan Keefer April 19, 2002

  • Nukes now!

    Post-Sept. 11, isn't it time to get off our fossil fuel fixation and take another look at nuclear power?
    By Damien Cave December 10, 2001

  • Oily waters

    Big oil isn't as powerful as it used to be, but when everyone is buying SUVs and gas prices are dropping, there's still little hope for alternative energy. Second of two parts.
    By Damien Cave November 20, 2001

  • The United States of oil

    No administration has ever been more in bed with the energy industry -- but does that mean Big Oil is calling Bush's shots? First of two parts.
    By Damien Cave November 19, 2001

  • Stuck in the Gulf

    Could Central Asian oil, piped through a rebuilt Afghanistan, wean the West from the Mideast? Chances are slim.
    By Damien Cave October 29, 2001

  • Oily insecurity

    After Sept. 11, conservatives call again for drilling in Alaska -- but environmentalists say the real danger is our addiction to oil.
    By Damien Cave September 27, 2001

  • The energy mess and fascist gays

    By Camille Paglia
    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

  • Disaster in the Galápagos

    It may take years to measure the ecological destruction caused by the oil spill near Darwin's outdoor laboratory.
    By Dawn MacKeen January 24, 2001
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