Nigeria Pays Warlords $40 Million a Year in Oil Protection Money
Keeping the pipelines free from attack
Oil
Romney's Energy Plan: Drill, Baby, Drill!
Calls for more oil and natural gas extraction from federal lands.
Romney Talks Energy Plan with Oil Executives
Promises jobs and increased U.S. energy production.
Shell Spends Millions for Security in Nigeria
Oil company has 1,200-strong internal police force there.
Deep Water Horizon Tragedy Lives on in Regulation
The government has formalized new regulations proposed after the oil spill two years ago.
Red Tape Barrier to Philippine Oil
Oil producers say byzantine regulations pose a bigger barrier than the Chinese navy when it comes to exploiting oil in disputed waters off the Philippines
Newt's Despicable Gasoline Price Promise
Newt Gingrich imagines he can command the law of supply and demand.
Oil Sanctions and the Pretense of Knowledge
Why even the best-laid government plans still backfire
100 Years of Natural Gas
President Obama is right about the bright future of American energy.
Don't Be Afraid of the Keystone XL Pipeline
The Canadian pipeline won't mean "the end of safe drinking water."
The Future of American Energy Policy
Finding middle ground in the battle between drillers and renewers
Why Isn't Obama Celebrating High Oil Prices?
Understanding the president's environmental inconsistency
It's Hard to Make Predictions, Especially About the Future
The new book Future Babble explains why dart-throwing monkeys are better at predicting the future than most pundits.
Oil Price Shocks and the Recession of 2011?
Ten of the last 11 recessions were preceded by oil price hikes.
Confronting Washington's Job Killers
How costly and unnecessary regulations cripple the American economy
The Government's Catastrophic Response to the Oil Disaster
Washington's reaction is causing greater damage than the event itself.
Who's Liable for the Gulf Oil Spill? You Are.
Government failure and the Gulf oil spill catastrophe
