Obama BP Speech Should Signal Shift in Energy Future
Obama has a golden opportunity to show that his administration is about changing politics as usual – if he and his advisors have the political courage to seize the moment.
It’s Time to End our Dependence on Oil
Let’s stand up to the oil industry and move America beyond its dependence on oil.
It’s Your Fault
BP is out there drilling in deep water to feed our oil addiction.
Gulf Oil Spill: America’s Chernobyl
The BP disaster in the Gulf was man-made and may well spell the end of American-style corporate capitalism.
Oil Begins to Hit Florida Beaches; Disaster May cost BP $37 Billion
As Hightower says, it’s oozing on us.
Do Yourself a Favor, Rand: Stop Talking
If these people ever do get into office, we won’t need term limits.
Obama at the BP Press Conference
The president was cool and competent, as always. But his press conference speech once again lacked substantive answers to the Gulf oil spill disaster.
Pundits Cheered Drilling Shortly Before BP Oil Disaster
Many of America’s prominent commentators ran on fumes when they opined about oil.
Our Latest: Calderon, Thailand, and the Myth of Overtaxation
What IPS says about the world today.
From the Frontlines: May 24th, 2010
Score for transparency, war makes you poor, and other things that happened while you were obsessing over the LOST finale.
King Coal and Big Oil are in Trouble
It’s time to end the massive subsidies currently enriching the fossil-fuel industries and making their disasters possible.
Adding Toxic Chemicals to a Toxic Oil Spill
With BP’s disastrous oil slick filling the Gulf and sliming our shores, the corporation has already bought a third of the world’s supply of dispersants and is spraying them onto the slick.
From the Frontlines: May 21st, 2010
Your wrapup before the weekend.
From the Frontlines: May 19th, 2010
What the primaries mean, Monsanto’s antics, and young people on immigration.
From the Frontlines: May 18th, 2010
Afghanistan, the racial wealth gap, and a student sit-in.