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Economic Hit Men and the Next Drowning of New Orleans

Greg Palast | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics


Greg Palast

Ivor van Heerden is the professor who warned the levees of New Orleans were ready to blow -- months and years before Katrina did the job. For being right, he was rewarded with ... getting fired.

Pipelines are Forever: Why We Delivered the World's Dirtiest Oil to Secretary Clinton

Todd Paglia | Posted 07.26.2009 | Green


Todd Paglia

Canada wants to send destructive crude oil our way via new pipelines that will run straight through our heartland. And Canada is teaming up with Big Oil to make this "dream" come true.

Oil Pipelines Are The 'New Great Game': Pepe Escobar

TomDispatch | Pepe Escobar | Posted 04.24.2009 | World


What happens on the immense battlefield for the control of Eurasia will provide the ultimate plot line in the tumultuous rush towards a new, polycentr...

Goodbye Good Ole Boys, Hello Hollywood? How Will Obama Handle the Oil Industry?

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 09.18.2008 | Business


Vivian Norris de Montaigu

The Republicans will always back a pro-oil immediate future, until their own voters, and the lobbyists filling their coffers with dollars, stop supporting them.