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From Lagos to Calgary the Resource Curse Condemns Nations to Corruption and Autocracy

From Lagos to Calgary the Resource Curse Condemns Nations to Corruption and Autocracy

Don Gillmor Explores the Economic, Political and Environmental Impact of Our Addiction to Oil

By Don Gillmor | April 25, 2025

Land, Oil, and Indigenous Identity: On the Disappearance of Tommy Atkins

Land, Oil, and Indigenous Identity: On the Disappearance of Tommy Atkins

Russell Cobb Explores the Strange Case of an Indigenous Orphan in Early 1900s Tulsa

By Russell Cobb | October 11, 2024

A Brief History of Trying to Breathe in Cities

A Brief History of Trying to Breathe in Cities

Pitchaya Sudbanthad Considers the Air in Bangkok, New York, and Saudi Arabia

By Pitchaya Sudbanthad | June 15, 2022

Growing Up Gay on the Oil-Rich Prairie of North Dakota

Growing Up Gay on the Oil-Rich Prairie of North Dakota

Taylor Brorby: “The story of North Dakota is then the story of self-destruction.”

By Taylor Brorby | June 9, 2022

The Dangerous, Dirty Job of Oil Extraction: On the History of Offshore Exploration

The Dangerous, Dirty Job of Oil Extraction: On the History of Offshore Exploration

Deepwater Horizon and Piper Alpha">Tabitha Lasley Revisits the Disasters of Deepwater Horizon and Piper Alpha

By Tabitha Lasley | December 8, 2021

The Case for Nationalizing American Fuel Industries—Right Now

The Case for Nationalizing American Fuel Industries—Right Now

Stan Cox on the Dire Action Required to Address the Climate Crisis

By Stan Cox | November 10, 2021

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It's Time to Free Ourselves from the Magical Thinking of 'Oilcraft'

By New Books Network | November 10, 2020

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What to Make of Our New Climate Politics

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By Keen On | October 12, 2020

It Turns Out Fracking Doesn't Even Make That Much Money

It Turns Out Fracking Doesn't Even Make That Much Money

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By Underreported with Nicholas Lemann | September 8, 2020

Discovering America's Heavenly Kingdom of Oil

Discovering America's Heavenly Kingdom of Oil

On One Man's Journey Through Christianity and Crude

By Darren Dochuk | June 17, 2019

Contemplating Human Extinction, Deep in the Badlands

Contemplating Human Extinction, Deep in the Badlands

Digging for Dinosaur Bones Amid the Dakota Oil Boom

By Edward McPherson | February 22, 2017

Breaking Rockefeller

Breaking Rockefeller

Peter B. Doran

By Lit Hub Excerpts | May 24, 2016

There Is No Market-Driven Solution to Our Climate Catastrophe

There Is No Market-Driven Solution to Our Climate Catastrophe

Capitalism Cannot Solve the Problem It Created

By Paul Mason | February 22, 2016