An End to Corporate Impunity: Making Chevron Accountable for Environmental Disaster
At an October 5 conference hosted by the nonprofit, Resources for the Future, economist Joseph E. Stiglitz stated, “We now
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October 7, 2012: What Will Be Hugo Chávez’s Fate?
On October 7, Venezuelans will head for the polls to determine if President Hugo Chávez’s self-revered “Bolivarian” revolution is to
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French Guiana’s offshore oil: profit trumps environmental protection?
An offshore oilfield discovery in September 2011 within the French Guiana Zaedyus exploratory well by Tullow Oil plc, a British
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The Lure of Cuban Energy Independence: One Twist After Another
On May 29 during a press conference presenting Repsol’s four-year strategic plan, the company’s president, Antonio Bufrau, announced that the
Read MoreWhat the West Missed: Insights into Expropriation
On April 16th, 2012, Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner expropriated the Argentinian oil subsidiary Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales (YPF) from
Read MoreKeystone Decision: What “downgrade?” – Canada & U.S. Still Cozy
Dr. Jack Mintz, one of Canada’s more thoughtful policy experts and the Palmer Chair of Public Policy at the School
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