Tag: oil
Will Obama’s offshore drilling ban be Trumped?
Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law School
President Obama gave environmental advocates a Christmas present when he announced in late December that he was banning oil and...
What’s at stake in China’s claims to the South China Sea?
Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington
It’s now official: the South China Sea does not belong to China.
Official, that is, according to a new ruling...
How plummeting prices are spurring reform in oil producing countries
Nafis Alam, University of Nottingham
It has been a turbulent year for oil. Prices were strong in summer 2014, before plummeting in the second half...
The military gambit behind Putin’s Arctic ambitions for Russian oil
The military gambit behind Putin's Arctic ambitions for Russian oil
James Henderson, University of Oxford
The United States Geological Survey has estimated that the Arctic regions...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a...
Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago
There’s a well-worn debate in U.S. politics that goes something like this: Would...
