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Archives: Petroleum
![Why Saudi Extremism, Instability is an Argument for EVs, Wind and Solar Energy](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014330im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/why-saudi-extremism-instability-187x137.jpg)
![Only Putin is happy with Trump’s NATO Bull-in-China-Shop Catastrophe](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014330im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/only-putin-is-happy-with-trumps-187x137.jpg)
Only Putin is happy with Trump’s NATO Bull-in-China-Shop Catastrophe
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Back in 2016 the talking heads on tv kept expecting candidate Trump, who made headlines almost daily saying racist and offensive things, to "transition." Their theory…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014330im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/168390-187x137.jpg)
Dakota Access Pipeline already Leaking Oil & not Completed
TeleSur | - - Even before it is fully operational, and after months of demonstrations by Indigenous and environmental groups that warned of the same, the Dakota Access Pipeline has already suffered…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014330im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/Brett-Gundlock_MosaicScience_Climate-Killer_Graveyard_0-750x500-1-187x137.jpg)
Climate change is turning dehydration into a deadly epidemic
By Jane Palmer | Mosaic, the science of life | - - A mysterious kidney disease is striking down labourers across the world and climate change is making it worse. Jane Palmer…![Trump’s 1984: Peace is War, Environment is Pollution, Health is Sickness](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014330im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/trumps-1984-peace-is-war-environ-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s 1984: Peace is War, Environment is Pollution, Health is Sickness
By Steven Harper | (BillMoyers.com) | - - "If you look at these Cabinet appointees, they were selected for a reason. And that is for the deconstruction [of the administrative state]." At…![Trump & Saudi Arabia: Oil Boycott or Bromance?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014330im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/trump-saudi-arabia-oil-boycott-o-187x137.jpg)
Trump & Saudi Arabia: Oil Boycott or Bromance?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump is meeting this week with Muhammad bin Salman, the deputy heir apparent of the Saudi Arabian throne and the minister of defense.…![All of Putin’s / Trump’s Men](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014330im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/all-of-putins-trumps-men-187x137.jpg)
All of Putin’s / Trump’s Men
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The NYT has broken the story that several Trump associates are under investigation by the FBI for their contacts with Russian intelligence and…![Taking Iraq’s Oil](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014330im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/taking-iraqs-oil-187x137.jpg)
Taking Iraq’s Oil
By Edward Hunt | (Foreign Policy in Focus | Originally published in Lobelog. Trump wants Iraq's oil, and he's not interested in sharing. The leaders of the United States have provided many…![Trump Signs Executive Orders Pushing Dakota, Keystone Pipelines](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014330im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/trump-signs-executive-orders-pus-187x137.jpg)
Trump Signs Executive Orders Pushing Dakota, Keystone Pipelines
TeleSur | - - The decision comes as a blow to environmentalists and Indigenous groups opposing the controversial projects. U.S. President Donald Trump signed executive orders Tuesday to revive the controversial Dakota…![Climate Activists fear Tillerson, Call him Out for Lying About Warming During Hearing](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014330im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/climate-activists-fear-tillerson-187x137.jpg)
Climate Activists fear Tillerson, Call him Out for Lying About Warming During Hearing
By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | - - 'Listening to his hearing, it would be easier to conclude Tillerson is under criminal investigation than under consideration for secretary…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014330im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/image-20170108-18659-1fbqo3l-187x137.jpg)
Exxon’s Rex Tillerson and the rise of Big Oil in American politics
Brian C. Black | (The Conversation) | - - “How Big Oil Bought the White House and Tried to Steal the Country” is the subtitle of a book that tells the story…![Trump mires us in carbon Swamp with fossil cronies in key roles](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014330im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/trump-mires-us-in-carbon-swamp-w-187x137.jpg)
Trump mires us in carbon Swamp with fossil cronies in key roles
The Tree | (Content for Climate Communicators) | - - Instead of draining the swamp as promised, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is doing the opposite, appointing powerful fossil fuel executives and dirty…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014330im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/rtl2-1-187x137.png)
Trump’s Sec of State pick Tillerson chief of US-Russian Oil Company in Tax Haven
By Jon Queally, staff writer | Commondreams.org | - - Leaked documents show Trump's nominee for Secretary of State is director of subsidiary based in Bahamas Documents leaked to a German newspaper…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014330im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/klarepbk2012-180x137.jpeg)
Trump’s plan to drown World in Oil is a Planetary Nightmare
By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Scroll through Donald Trump’s campaign promises or listen to his speeches and you could easily conclude that his energy policy consists…![Is Bruited Sec. of State Tillerson allied with Iran & at war with Iraq?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014330im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/is-bruited-sec-of-state-tillerso-187x137.jpg)
Is Bruited Sec. of State Tillerson allied with Iran & at war with Iraq?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - A couple of years ago an oil tanker showed up off the Texas coast with cargo from Iraqi Kurdistan. The problem? Iraqi Kurdistan…![In the shadow of Trump, a DAPL Victory and Global Protests against Fossil Fuels](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014330im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/in-the-shadow-of-trump-a-dapl-vi-187x137.jpg)
In the shadow of Trump, a DAPL Victory and Global Protests against Fossil Fuels
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The surprise announcement Sunday by the Army Corps of Engineers that they will not permit the Dakota Access Pipeline to go under the…![Too bad, Trump: As EVs take off, Dirty Petroleum’s Death Spiral has Begun](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014330im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/too-bad-trump-as-evs-take-off-di-187x137.jpg)
Too bad, Trump: As EVs take off, Dirty Petroleum in Death Spiral
The Tree | - - The renewable energy revolution is now well underway, but many continue to underestimate just how fast and transformative it is going to be. Despite a conservative approach…![Does Turkey’s Erdogan Dream of Neighboring Mosul?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014330im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/does-turkeys-erdogan-dream-of-ne-187x137.jpg)
Does Turkey’s Erdogan Dream of Neighboring Mosul?
By Lucy DerTavitian | (Informed Comment) | - - The battle over Mosul appears to have ignited Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s expansionist Ottoman era fantasies. He gained a few more adversaries…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014330im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/mi_50m_800-741x960-187x137.jpg)
DAPL: This Thanksgiving, Time to Listen to Native Americans again on Climate & Survival
Revised and updated. By Juan Cole | --- The popular story about Thanksgiving is an environmental parable that we would do well to remember today. It was a harvest festival in 1621,…![N. Dakota Judge Laughs Riot Charges against Amy Goodman out of Court](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014330im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/n-dakota-judge-laughs-riot-charg-187x137.jpg)