A Tough-Oil World

By Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch Mar 14, 2012 The world still harbors large reserves of petroleum, but they are of the hard-to-reach, hard-to-refine, “tough oil” variety that will be more costly to extract, refine and buy at the pump. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

N.Y. Attorney General Takes Aim at ‘Fracking’

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2011 New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a lawsuit against three federal agencies, alleging that they have failed to properly study the impact of proposed regulations on "fracking," a potentially dangerous process in which pressurized water and chemicals are used to dislodge oil and natural gas below the earth's surface. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )