An Oil-Slicked Playing Field An Oil-Slicked Playing Field
The scramble for petroleum by developing countries worldwide is reshaping global geopolitics in favor of oil-rich nations like Iran, Venezuela and Sudan.
Nov 21, 2005 / Feature / Dilip Hiro
An E-Cycling Nightmare An E-Cycling Nightmare
E-cycling used computers to the Third World may sound idealistic, but in reality it's just a new way to dump toxic waste.
Nov 15, 2005 / Feature / Emily Lodish
Oil Tycoons Grilled on Windfall Profits Oil Tycoons Grilled on Windfall Profits
Top oil execs were asked numerous questions at a Senate hearing on spectacular profits earned in the wake of tropical storms. But they had no real answers about how to ease the bur...
Nov 10, 2005 / Feature / Ari Berman
Gas Price-gouging or Business as Usual? Gas Price-gouging or Business as Usual?
As the Senate opens hearings this week calling energy execs to account for their windfall profits on gasoline and natural gas, the question must be asked: Is this price-gouging or ...
Nov 7, 2005 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman
Toxic Recycling Toxic Recycling
Recycling electronics using US prison labor is a booming business, with a captive workforce paid pennies per hour for dangerous work that is largely unregulated. The human and en...
Nov 3, 2005 / Feature / Elizabeth Grossman
Hurricane Gumbo Hurricane Gumbo
The Cajun and Creole folks of Ville Platte, LA, learned long ago not to rely on the government for help. It the wake of hurricanes they launched a homemade rescue-and-relief effort...
Oct 20, 2005 / Feature / Mike Davis and Anthony Fontenot
Asbestos Liability Scam Asbestos Liability Scam
The Senate will soon consider the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act (FAIR) that is anything but for the workers whose health has been impaired by asbestos. It's a move by ...
Oct 20, 2005 / William Johnson and Kate Levin
The Virtues of Gas Guzzling The Virtues of Gas Guzzling
Gas-guzzling can be a revolutionary experience, like puffing Montecristo cigars, now that Citgo's 1,800 gas stations and eight oil refineries passed into the hands of Venezuela's n...
Oct 13, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Melting Away Melting Away
Geophysicists are debating whether recent catastrophic storms signal an abrupt climate change that will trigger seasons of permanent icelessness in the Atlantic and return the eart...
Oct 7, 2005 / Feature / Mike Davis
Global Storm Warning Global Storm Warning
Scientists universally recognize the devastating effects of global warming, including its possible role in creating Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. It's time for skeptics to listen up...
Sep 29, 2005 / Mark Hertsgaard