Environmental Issues

Christian Parenti: BP and the Changing Energy Economy Christian Parenti: BP and the Changing Energy Economy

If the United States government is the largest energy consumer in the world, asks Nation contributing editor Christian Parenti, why doesn't it use its massive buying power to...

Jul 6, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV

Christian Parenti: BP & the Changing Energy Economy Christian Parenti: BP & the Changing Energy Economy

If the United States government is the largest energy consumer in the world, asks Nation contributing editor Christian Parenti, why doesn't it use its massive buying power to s...

Jul 6, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV

BP’s History of Meddling in the Persian Gulf BP’s History of Meddling in the Persian Gulf

How the oil company helped destroy democracy in Iran.

Jun 29, 2010 / Stephen Kinzer

Saudi Feminist Wajeha Al-Huwaider: An Open Letter to President Obama Saudi Feminist Wajeha Al-Huwaider: An Open Letter to President Obama

Some pointers for the president's meeting with King Abdullah.

Jun 28, 2010 / Katha Pollitt

New Energy in DC?

New Energy in DC? New Energy in DC?

As he pushes climate and energy legislation, will Obama keep up the tough talk?

Jun 24, 2010 / The Editors

Who Will Pay to Fix Louisiana?

Who Will Pay to Fix Louisiana? Who Will Pay to Fix Louisiana?

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

Jun 24, 2010 / Feature / Oliver Houck

A Disaster That Could Change Everything A Disaster That Could Change Everything

Will the BP spill prove to be Judgment Day for the decades of growing corporate rule over government?

Jun 24, 2010 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

What a Spare $1 Million Can Buy What a Spare $1 Million Can Buy

BP's CEO "got his life back" by going yachting, and the rest of the world's millionaires are doing OK, too. But one Gulf fisherman would rather have something e...

Jun 22, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Is Holding BP to Account a ‘Shakedown’? Yes, Says Key GOP Group Is Holding BP to Account a ‘Shakedown’? Yes, Says Key GOP Group

Texas Congressman Barton speaks from the heart about his sympathy for BP then thinks better of it. Unfortunately, his fellow conservatives didn't get the cease-and-desist orde...

Jun 18, 2010 / John Nichols

Where Maddow and Krauthammer Meet on Obama’s BP Response Where Maddow and Krauthammer Meet on Obama’s BP Response

While many commentators missed the point, there actually were some substantive problems with Obama's BP speech, too.

Jun 18, 2010 / Ari Melber

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