Nation Topics - oil and gas | The Nation

Six recent clashes and conflicts on a planet heading into energy overdrive.

Bernard Rapoport's death at the age of ninety-four has brought to a close one of the storied chapters in the history of American liberalism.

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

What kind of damaged world is being left to our descendents?

A settlement deal is on the table, but the struggle for justice in the gulf oil spill disaster has only just begun.

Costly technologies have opened up new sources in the Western Hemisphere—but they pose immense environmental dangers.

It’s time to tackle the root problem: subservience to corporate and financial powers.

The three top hot spots of potential conflict in the coming Geo-Energy Era.

The titans of finance have lined up behind Mitt Romney against his GOP rivals and President Obama. But what exactly would a Romney presidency offer them?

It’s not hard to understand how environmental quality and economic inequality came to be joined at the hip.