Christian Parenti, The Nation. May 6, 2008. Talk of a nuclear renaissance is a dangerous distraction from the real changes we need to make to wean ourselves off oil.
Sam Dagher, Christian Science Monitor. April 29, 2008. Tensions are rising between Kurdish, Arab, and Turkmen factions over the heart of northern Iraq's oil industry.
Ben Lando, Iraq Oil Report AlterNet: PEEK. April 28, 2008. Adding insult to injustice, five new pieces of legislation call for Iraqis to pay for the U. S. occupation of their country.
Michael T. Klare, Tomdispatch.com. April 16, 2008. Get ready for a new world order in which energy will govern what we eat, where we live, and if and when we travel.
Jon Ponder, Pensito Review AlterNet: Video. February 29, 2008. The "liberal media" will let Bush off the hook on this one, just as they always do, because his being out of touch is simply par for the course.
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. February 13, 2008. Clearly, what's good for big oil isn't good for most Americans. So why are the interests of oil companies mistaken for those of the nation?
Ben Lando, UPI. February 4, 2008. Officials from the world's largest oil companies have been meeting with Iraqi Oil Ministry officials to fix the terms of technical support contracts.
Scarecrow, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. January 16, 2008. If the GOP assumes they can separate Bush's catastrophic polices from the damage those policies have on the US economy, they're in for a surprise.
AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. December 15, 2007. From the top 100 ways global warming with change your life to anti-environmental homeowners associations to the biofuel hoax, read this year's best.