Will Iraq Be a Global Gas Pump?
Michael T. Klare : Iraq
Is Iraq finally fated to become what it was going to be anyway, even before the chaos and catastrophe set in: a giant gas pump for an energy-starved planet?
2009
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Fuel: Our Unhealthy Obsession With Oil
YouTube : Film
A new documentary explores how alternative and sustainable energies can reduce our country's and the world's addictive dependence on fossil fuels.
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It's Official--The Era of Cheap Oil Is Over
Michael T. Klare : Energy
For the first time, the US Energy Department has conceded that peak oil is the new norm.
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The Problem With Cheap Oil
Michael T. Klare : U.S. Economy
Whether the price of oil is high or low, someone's going to pay--and sooner or later all of us will--because our civilization is based on the stuff.
2008
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Oil Addiction: How Did We Get Here?
This animated video finally answers the question: 'How did oil get so expensive?'
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The Iraqi Oil Ministry's New Fave Five
Mainstream media should consider these leads as they change gears from no-comment to hot-pursuit when it comes to the story of Iraq's most sought after commodity.
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Pain at the Pump
The Nation's Christopher Hayes discusses the Right's woeful misunderstanding of the country's gas prices crisis.
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No Blood For ...er, um...
More than five years after the invasion of Iraq--just in case you were still waiting--the oil giants finally hit the front page.
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Anatomy of a Price Surge
Michael T. Klare : George W. Bush Administration
Oil companies, speculators and OPEC helped spike the cost of oil, but ruinous Bush Administration policies have compounded the damage.
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Big Oil Fuels 'Straight Talk Express'
Brave New Films : Presidential Election 2008
McCain has received millions in donations from the same companies that helped the Bush administration create an energy plan that has helped raise gasoline to $4 a gallon.
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Just Blame Bush
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush
Sure, greedy consumers play their part. But George W. Bush is responsible for the five-fold increase in the price of oil.
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Oil Change
Nicholas von Hoffman : Environment
Forget change you can believe in and start dealing with the changes coming at you as fast as the price of fuel makes its way skyward.
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Praying for War at the Gas Pump
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush
How have the Saudis thanked George W. Bush for protecting their sorry oil well of a country? Just check the price of gas.
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Gas Tax Holiday (from Reality)
Talking Points Memo : Presidential Election 2008
As far as Hillary Clinton is concerned, if you disagree with her gas tax plan, you're an elitist.
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The Candidates Pump Gas
Nicholas von Hoffman : U.S. Economy
As Clinton and McCain pander to frustrated voters with tax cuts, the real remedies to rising gas prices go unexplored.
2007
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Beyond the Age of Petroleum
Michael T. Klare : U.S. Economy
Welcome to the Age of Insuffiency: As oil prices hit new highs and supplies sink, our way of life will drastically change.
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