Nothing More than Hot Air
The World Bank’s perverse incentives to pollute continue preempting a better, more principled way forward.
Big Oil’s Free Ride
Instead of working for the American people, many lawmakers are shilling for Big Oil.
The Future of South Sudan
South Sudan, on the verge of nationhood, has a lot of oil but faces enormous challenges.
Libya: It’s All about the Oil
When there’s no oil, there’s no intervention.
Learning from the BP Oil Disaster
Although every major oil company operating in deep water around the world had guaranteed that it could handle a blowout, not a single one knew what to do.
Libya and the Law of Unintended Consequences
Coming to terms with NATO’s intervention in the Libyan civil war is a little like wresting a grizzly bear: big, hairy, and likely to make one pretty uncomfortable no matter where you grab a hold of it.
Libya Intervention Making a Mockery of Political Correctness
Many on the left favor the Libya intervention.
WikiLeaks: Venezuela’s Crude Awakening
Though nationalized, Venezuela’s oil still relies on foreign know-how.
Be Glad You’re Not Yemeni
The specter of American intervention adds to Yemen’s considerable woes.
WikiLeaks: For Norway, Oil Wealth and Humanitarianism Go Hand in Hand
Norway divests itself of holdings in companies that violate humanitarian principles.
Dubai: Temple of Greed
This sliver of sand boasts the world’s tallest building, a sail-shaped hotel with a $100 lunch, a new subway system, 95,000 hotel rooms, and a working indoor ski slope.
The Other Oil Spill
The Gulf oil spill rightly provoked congressional outrage at the perpetrators. But where was the outrage for the oil spill in 2006 in Lebanon?
Rebranding the Iraq War
The change upon the advent of Operation New Dawn will be largely atmospheric.
Mining Whistleblower Speaks out Against Massey
Jack Spadaro speaks out on how the Massey mine disaster could have been prevented.
The Rhetoric-Reality Gulf
Network media mavens evoke disaster about the Gulf’s fate, while the gulf between reality and rhetoric grows accordingly.