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February 4, 2016
Rebecca Leber
President Obama says screw it, and proposes a tax on oil.
January 6, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Why environmentalists have made the oil industry nervous.
January 4, 2016
Brian Beutler
The logistics of “taking” ISIS’s oil seem pretty hard.
November 16, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Big Oil would really like Obama to leave the industry alone.
April 14, 2015
Rebecca Leber
One of Obama's Biggest Climate Change Obstacles Is His Own Administration
March 20, 2015
Danny Vinik
Fracking Is Good for American Consumers
But we still need to account for the environmental costs
February 10, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Oil Workers Are Striking Because They're Underpaid and Overworked—and It's Killing Them
January 6, 2015
Casey Michel
Tony Blair Has Another Repressive Central Asian Autocracy to Sell You
December 17, 2014
David Dayen
Stop Celebrating the Ruble's Collapse. Cheap Oil Could Come Back to Bite the American Economy
October 22, 2014
Danny Vinik
Gas Prices Have Gone Way Down. Why Aren't Republicans Thanking Obama?
August 11, 2014
Yishai Schwartz
We Are Doing the Right Thing
The U.S. airstrikes in Iraq are about saving lives, not oil fields
July 29, 2014
Dov Friedman
The U.S. Is Accidentally Pushing Kurdistan Toward Independence From Iraq
Kurdish oil is sitting off the Texas coast right now—and a U.S. judge just ordered its seizure
July 23, 2014
Danny Vinik
Chart: Russia Is Insanely Dependent on Oil and Gas Money
Here's why strict sanctions could hurt the Kremlin—and why they probably won't happen
July 3, 2014
Dov Friedman, Gabriel Mitchell
Israel Is Challenging America to Support Kurdish Independence
An alleged oil deal is raising diplomatic tensions
March 13, 2014
Jeffrey Ball
The Proportion of Young Americans Who Drive Has Plummeted—And No One Knows Why
February 5, 2014
Ted Nordhaus, Michael Shellenberger
Environmentalists Made a Big Mistake by Focusing All Their Attention on Keystone
December 19, 2013
Jeffrey Ball
Ending Energy Subsidies: Environmental No-Brainer, Political No-Winner.
December 4, 2013
Nate Cohn
You Can See the North Dakota Shale Boom From Space
July 8, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Is The Fiery Quebec Train Crash Another Setback For Keystone?
April 25, 2013
Nate Cohn
The Shale Boom and Montana's Next Senator

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