Conspiracy and Truth News

Conservatives are preying on concern over gas prices by propagating false myths that drilling for oil off our coasts will lower the cost of gas.

The world economy remains stuck “between the ice of recession and the fire of inflation”, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said.

SUVs and big pickups are waddling off into the sunset, leaving Americans with no more excuses for the nation’s profligate oil use.

James Howard Kunstler’s new novel describes a small town in upstate NY where a chain of global crises has forced the community to fend for itself.

There may be speculation built into today’s sky-high oil prices, but don’t expect the bubble to burst.

Danny Langford, a former KBR employee testifies before the Senate Democratic Policy Committee on his exposure to chromium and other hazardous chemical while working on a water treatment plant in Iraq for KBR.

Richmond could be the first US city to decide to stand up to the Chevron oil company and impose a cap on its plans for further expansion.

Oh, no, they told us, Iraq isn’t a war about oil. That’s cynical and simplistic, they said. It’s about terror and al-Qaeda and toppling a dictator.

The PET plastic bottles used for bottled water can all be traced back the world’s biggest oil giants.

Republicans are funneling billions into the coffers of their oil baron backers; it’s no surprise Bush and McCain aren’t pushing for renewable energy.

Under the guise of “terrorism,” Bush has helped his corporate ‘base’ create a ‘New World Order’ in which robber barons of big oil, assisted by ‘big media’, rule the world and plunder its resources. Bush is their tool!

We are fast approaching the final six months of the Bush administration– and it’s no secret that the U.S. is currently putting the finishing touches on several contingency plans for attacking Iranian nuclear and military facilities.

If Iraq’s main product had been video games, the media might have been quicker to ask tough questions about the war’s effects on our kids’ lives.

Oil companies, speculators and OPEC played their part, but ruinous Bush Administration policies have compounded the crisis.

The return of the four major Western oil companies will be greeted with dismay by many Iraqis who fear losing control of their vast oil reserves.

McCain’s recent flip flop on off-shore oil drilling shows his campaign’s efforts to define the 2008 election narrative are in disarray.

Author Riki Ott tells the extraordinary tale of the people who took on the world’s richest oil companies to protect Prince William Sound.

Democrats rail against big oil yet ride around in chauffeur-driven high-polluting Lincoln Town cars.

It’s time to ask whether the U.S. military should have anything to do with American energy security.

Americans do need to cut down on their resource consumption. But the key variable in the high cost of oil is Bush’s failed foreign policy.

A few quickies lay out the points of contention.

Looking for villains around the gas pump? Look at the super-rich making bets with billions while regular people always lose.

A breakthrough in negotiations over the fate of the oil-rich Iraqi province of Kirkuk may be in the works.

The Iraq War means oil costs three times more than it should. How are our lives going to change with oil heading toward $200 a barrel?

The pro-growth faction has reacted quickly and scathingly to the idea that there could be limits to growth.

And if we have, we had better prepare to change the way we live.

Tuscon residents may soon be drinking treated wastewater as part of a growing national trend to offset diminishing freshwater sources.

“The argument that Iraq should use its oil revenues to pay the U.S. sounds like the ultimate proof that we invaded Iraq for mercenary reasons.”

Since the 1980’s, the world has discovered less oil than it has consumed every year.

Since the 1980’s, the world has discovered less oil than it has consumed every year.