Oil

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  • Mem'ries: Fighting Fires in a Burning Kuwaiti Oil Field

    When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990, he set in motion a political conflict that resulted in a devastating man-made environmental catastrophe. He had sworn that if he was "evicted from Kuwait by force, then Kuwait will be burned," and it turned...

  • Vaya Con Dios, Hugo

    "It's a chess game, Mr. Palast," Chavez told me. "And I am a very good chess player." When it comes to class war on a chessboard, even in death, I wouldn't bet against Hugo Chavez.

  • Hugo Chavez Told Me He Won't Sell Oil to the Kochs

    I’ve been tracking a tube of black putrid ooze, a toxic viper slowly slithering 2,000 miles across the belly of America, swallowing all water aquifers, politicians, and reason in its path. It's called the XL Keystone Pipeline.

  • Tanked

    It will take four months and 500 workers to dismantle the erstwhile Exxon Valdez.

  • SeaFox: Wargames, Meet Watersports

    U.S. sends a submersible SeaFox drones to pacify subsurface Iranian mine threats.

  • Oil Rigged

    Why do we keep giving slick handouts to the world's richest companies?