Now, you could view the efforts of companies like BP, Shell, Chevron and ConocoPhillips to branch out into wind, solar and biofuels as the early stages of diversification into the types of energy that must someday replace oil & gas, or you may regard these steps as having a large PR component. Both views are [...]

Last month Democrats wrote Gov. Sarah Palin requesting a special session to fix Alaska’s flawed oil tax law. When we did that, I hesitated at making the easy argument — that last year’s oil tax law is now clouded by federal indictments of legislators who for years have slow-rolled efforts by Sen. Hollis French, myself [...]

In the business world these days, it appears that just about everything is for sale. Multi-billion-dollar deals are commonplace, and even venerable institutions such as the Wall Street Journal find themselves put into play. Yet companies are not the only things being acquired. This may turn out to be the year that big business bought [...]

Beyond the simple exercising of one’s own purchasing power, there are many actions consumers can take-and organizations and resources available to help-to pressure companies to green up their ways. (…) Another effort, “Be Safe PVC,” conducted in partnership with the Center for Health, Environment and Justice, encourages major companies to phase out their use of [...]

The Caspian Sea is one of the largest oil and gas fields in the world but its potential was not been exploited under the Soviet Union. Not only did the end of the USSR with the subsequent independence of the countries around the Caspian Sea lead to its exploitation, but also modern technology and investments [...]