Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: Environment. July 27, 2009. Inhofe is the same anti-science senator who thinks that global warming is "the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people."
Michael T. Klare, Tomdispatch.com. January 14, 2009. Oil costs a third of what it did in July, and prices keep dropping. That may seem like a godsend now, but we'll pay through the nose later.
Jill C., Brilliant at Breakfast AlterNet: PEEK. July 24, 2008. There's oil in the arctic. Now right-wing radio will probably start talking about how great melting ice caps are, as they make it easier to drill.
Nicholas von Hoffman, The Nation. July 12, 2008. America needs a comprehensive plan to deal with post-peak oil -- and that is going to involve some serious long-term thinking.
Stan Cox, AlterNet. July 10, 2008. SUVs and big pickups are waddling off into the sunset, leaving Americans with no more excuses for the nation's profligate oil use.
Jasmyne Cannick, New America Media. June 18, 2008. Democrats rail against big oil yet ride around in chauffeur-driven high-polluting Lincoln Town cars.
Nicholas von Hoffman, The Nation. July 20, 2007. Our unabated appetite for gas-guzzling cars and the wrongheaded belief that ethanol is the answer means pricey milk for everyone.
David Sirota, AlterNet: PEEK. June 26, 2007. David Sirota: A Fox News appearance shows that we've reached a point where facts are no longer just discarded or spun, but are actively ridiculed.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet: PEEK. May 23, 2007. Joshua Holland: Price manipulation has been well-documented, yet Big Oil continues to rake in billions in subsidies and tax breaks while ripping off working families.
Nomi Prins, TheNation.com. October 19, 2006. When gas prices were high, the Bush administration blamed the Iraq war. But now that they’re sinking, it’s clear that theory doesn’t hold up.