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Spreading an Energy Revolution ONLY two or three years ago, consensus was building among pundits that we had reached peak oil, that the fossil fuel industry was in its dotage and that the world would suffer repeated energy price shocks in the transition...

Today’s compendium of economic, political, and environmental events is a doozy. Starting with a taper at home we cover the latest developments in Europe, the Greek meltdown, Ukrainian angst and Russian manuvers, Latin American politics, Indian...

The U.S. government has declared war on the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The forerunners of these extremist Sunni Islamists were nurtured and supported by none other than...the U.S. government, more than 30 years ago. In an article published...

Sergio López Kosmoprolet April 2009 . This is an analysis of the socio-economic and political bases of the rise to power of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, and of the trajectory of the “Bolivarian” regime. Its author, &ldquo...

The Internet has been spotty, the phones are out, and the only people who can fix it are “off island” for the holidays. Welcome to the Bahamas. Of course, Marina and I can hardly complain. The temperature is in the low 80s, the rain falls...