Cr edit note: what this article doesn't state, and one of the main questions, is how much of the oil that Iran exports,  actually goes to these European Countries? The answer is approximately 20% or less than 1/5th, which is about what's needed to sust… more »

Conservative RefocusBy Barry Secrest When historians look back on the period of 2008 to 2012, notable will be the unceasing march of one disaster after another that kept a nervous world on edge much of the time.  However, the greatest and most recent… more »

By TOM FOWLER, HOUSTON CHRONICLE A new report that predictably found huge potential natural gas supplies in the U.S. also contained news its own writers found surprising - that oil is more abundant than they thought. The study released Thursd… more »

Brian Beutler | May 17, 2011, 3:19PM TPMDC Republicans may have a point that Democrats are playing politics with oil subsidies. To understand why, look no further than the fact that the bill Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will bring to the… more »

By CHI-CHI ZHANG, Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY – Beneath the lush, green hills of eastern Utah's Uinta Basin, where elk, bear and bison outnumber people, the soil is saturated with a sticky tar that may soon provide a new domestic source of petroleu… more »