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How the big energy companies plan to turn the United States into a third world petro-state.

How the US tried—and failed—to scuttle a Venezuelan oil deal even though it would bring huge benefits to Haiti's impoverished people.

The continuous readjustment of expectations downward: For historians like Jefferson Cowie and Judith Stein, that was the key experience of the 1970s.

The Gulf Coast joins an oil-soiled planet.

Devastation wrought by the BP spill is in headlines daily. But decades of oil drilling in Louisiana have done far more indelible damage.

The BP spill is heartbreaking—but it's only an extreme version of routine accidents and pollution.

For Peter Maass, oil is not a drug so much as a Pandora's box. Tap a well and base instincts spew.

Clinton vows to defend Americans against the privileged and powerful, but her ties to big business compromise her populist promises.

How can Hillary Clinton maintain her populist credentials when Mark Penn, her chief pollster and campaign strategist, also represents the interests of some of America's largest corporations?

Green utilities are growing, but they need to grow faster.