Anwr Drilling

Restraint and Hope: Lessons From Lake Baikal and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

David B. Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

David B. Williams

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Baikal have come to symbolize not only primal, sacred wilderness but also the struggle over values and who controls natural resources.

Assassinating ANWR, and the Rule of Law

Craig Alan Silverman | Posted 05.25.2011

Craig Alan Silverman

For non-scientists, this massive oil spill contains lots of intellectual complications. Apparently, scientists are not doing a whole lot better. Neither are engineers. Nor are lawyers.

Will the Obama Administration Allow Shell Oil to Do to Arctic Waters What BP Did to the Gulf?

Subhankar Banerjee | Posted 05.25.2011

Subhankar Banerjee

If you've been following the increasing ecological devastation unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico, then you should know about -- and protest -- Shell Oil's plan to begin exploratory oil drilling in Alaska this summer.

The Not-So-Great Energy Debate

Jared Bernstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Jared Bernstein

Big oil et al are not really the "drill" team; it's just a land grab, orchestrated while they still have friends in very high places. And it won't do a damn thing to the price of gas at the pump.

McCain's New Commercial Should Drive Voters to Obama

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

Mitchell Bard

What is McCain's next commercial going to be? That Obama is responsible for global warming? The recent outbreak of salmonella? The inability of the Chicago Cubs to win a World Series?

GOP Campaigning In Alaska's Artic Wildlife Refuge To Promote Drilling

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

Five Republican congressional candidates will travel to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to promote drilling there to reduce the U.S.'s d...