U.S. Oil Politics in the ‘Kuwait of Africa’ U.S. Oil Politics in the ‘Kuwait of Africa’
The Bush Administration, urged by the oil industry, has embraced a corrupt regime.
Apr 4, 2002 / Feature / Ken Silverstein
Fighting for America’s Energy Independence Fighting for America’s Energy Independence
Renewables are coming on strong, despite fat subsidies for oil and coal.
Mar 28, 2002 / Feature / Matt Bivens
Enron: What Dick Cheney Knew Enron: What Dick Cheney Knew
A probe of the company's White House ties should begin at his door.
Mar 28, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols
Bush’s Enron Deal Bush’s Enron Deal
Did George W. Bush once have a financial relationship with Enron? In 1986, according to a publicly available record, the two drilled for oil together--at a time when Bush was a n...
Mar 7, 2002 / David Corn
Tree-Huggers No Longer! Tree-Huggers No Longer!
It's official now: The United States has a policy on climate change. President Bush announced it on Valentine's Day at a government climate and oceans research center. "My approa...
Mar 7, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Frank Ackerman
Bush’s Other War Bush’s Other War
Questions about Enron's links to the White House and Dick Cheney's Energy Task Force are reassuring. They mean that the nation, after the September 11 attacks, is now confident e...
Jan 24, 2002 / David Helvarg
Enron Got Its Money’s Worth Enron Got Its Money’s Worth
One of the major falsehoods being bandied about by apologists for the Bush Administration is that while Enron may have bankrolled much of the President's political career it got no...
Jan 22, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Enron: Crony Capitalism Enron: Crony Capitalism
The rise and fall of the house of Enron should trigger comprehensive investigations--civil, criminal and Congressional. The full scope of relations between Enron and its cronies ...
Jan 17, 2002 / The Editors
GE and the Hudson GE and the Hudson
Last spring Richard Pollak asked in these pages, "Is GE Mightier Than the Hudson?" (May 28, 2001). Given the Environmental Protection Agency's December 4 decision to dredge the P...
Jan 3, 2002 / The Editors
The Not-So-Pristine Wilderness The Not-So-Pristine Wilderness
The Department of Energy has hit upon a new idea for nuclear waste clean-up: just leave it there and declare the area a wildlife preserve. The animals won't complain.
Dec 20, 2001 / Matt Bivens