- Portugal indebted to Angola after economic reversal of fortune - The cash-strapped European nation is coming to terms with effects of heavy investment from its oil-rich former colony http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/03/portugal-economy-bailout-angola-invests 15 comments europe
- "The ability of a country to manufacture batteries and vehicles will help to create wealth, will help to provide resilience against oil-supply disruptions, and help to create jobs and those, in turn, will create national power." http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/10/11/the_great_battery_race 4 comments science
- If you or I (americans) did this, there would be a $3300 fine.. But not for this idiot, who went to college in the US, and just happens to be a diplomat for an oil-rich nation.. http://www.cnn.com/2010/crime/04/08/us.airliner.disturbance/?hpt=t1 27 comments reddit.com
- Norway mulls new ways of using sovereign fund: oil-rich nation to announce how much of its $920 bn sovereign wealth fund will be poured into renewable energy http://www.aljazeera.com/video/europe/2014/04/norway-mulls-new-ways-using-sovereign-fund-201444143551547865.html 13 comments europe
- COP28 climate team queried over ties to national oil company https://www.politico.eu/article/cop28-climate-team-uae-shares-offices-un-abu-dhabi-national-oil-company-ahmed-al-jaber/ 6 comments climate
- A gas puzzler: If Biden ran Big Oil, what would he do differently? What if the US nationalized its resources, as have countries accounting for 75 percent of world production? The US has a conflict of interest. It is, uniquely, the world’s largest oil and gas producer and the largest consumer. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/22/if-biden-ran-big-oil/ 78 comments energy
- The Case for Declaring a National Climate Emergency: Biden’s move to ban Russian oil imports shows he can act boldly when he wants to. https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/biden-climate-emergency-dpa/ 18 comments environment
- President Biden will tap into U.S. oil reserves in concert with other nations. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/business/biden-oil-reserves-gas-prices.html 46 comments politics
- US to release oil from reserves, in joint plan with India, other nations https://www.livemint.com/economy/us-announces-release-of-50-million-barrels-of-oil-from-reserves-11637669961170.html 29 comments worldnews
- Trump Administration Rushes To Sell Oil Rights In Arctic National Wildlife Refuge https://www.npr.org/2020/11/16/935527352/trump-administration-rushes-to-sell-oil-rights-in-arctic-national-wildlife-refug 12 comments politics
- Trump Administration Rushes To Sell Oil Rights In Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — NPR https://www.npr.org/2020/11/16/935527352/trump-administration-rushes-to-sell-oil-rights-in-arctic-national-wildlife-refug 14 comments politics
- Olive oil from the 79 A.D. Vesuvius eruption stored at the Naples National Archaeological Museum https://www.nature.com/articles/s41538-020-00077-w?fbclid=iwar1nfivkoxiahagu1sdtyveddehptr8mt_jtykdo76wjmx7e50gtr30khgy 35 comments science
- John Bolton says Iran is 'almost certainly' behind oil tanker 'attacks': US President Trump's national security adviser did not provide evidence but claimed Iran was behind attacks on oil tankers in the Persian Gulf. Tehran called the accusation "laughable" https://www.dw.com/en/john-bolton-says-iran-is-almost-certainly-behind-oil-tanker-attacks/a-48945486 654 comments worldnews
- Gulf of Tonkin 2.0? Bolton says Iran 'almost certainly' behind oil tanker attack off UAE, Tehran was 'most likely' responsible for sabotaging oil tankers off the coast of the UAE two weeks ago, National Security Advisor John Bolton has alleged. He did not provide evidence to support the accusation. https://www.rt.com/news/460512-bolton-iran-ships-uae/ 14 comments worldnews
- Venezuela's Guaido readies to open up oil industry after years of nationalization https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-energy-law/venezuelas-guaido-readies-to-open-up-oil-industry-after-years-of-nationalization-iduskbn1qt2hp 14 comments worldnews
- US expects all nations to end Iran oil imports: The Trump administration expects all countries to reduce their Iranian oil imports to zero or face US sanctions. No exceptions will be made. Washington's tough stance sent oil prices surging. US crude spiked 3.5% to about $70.50 a barrel. https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/26/politics/us-iran-oil-imports/index.html 27 comments worldnews
- Trump FBI Director Nominee Wray Is Partner at Law Firm Representing Russia's National Oil Company Rosneft http://www.kslaw.com/imageserver/kspublic/practice_areas/pags/russiaenergyknowledge.pdf 5 comments politics
- Canadian oil firm pulls out of national park in Peru's Amazon https://www.theguardian.com/environment/andes-to-the-amazon/2017/apr/22/canadian-oil-firm-pulls-out-of-national-park-in-perus-amazon 4 comments worldnews
- Oil, Gas Exploration to Begin Within Big Cypress National Preserve https://www.npca.org/articles/1504-oil-gas-exploration-to-begin-within-big-cypress-national-preserve#sm.00001a1as1ku96erjstvxagvp978z 12 comments politics
- National parks on alert as congressman introduces rule to allow more oil drilling http://www.curbed.com/2017/1/31/14461358/national-parks-oil-drilling-regulations 7 comments politics
- Trump campaign suggests appointing oil executive to protect national parks and public lands https://thinkprogress.org/trump-cabinet-oil-executives-18a5d126b00c#.jnuxk0qhs 310 comments politics
- US oil reserves surpass those of Saudi Arabia and Russia: The US holds more oil reserves than Saudi Arabia and Russia, the first time it has surpassed those held by the world's biggest exporting nations http://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/05/us-oil-reserves-surpass-those-of-saudi-arabia-and-russia.html 302 comments worldnews
- G7 nations pledge to end fossil fuel subsidies by 2025: Leaders of the UK, US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the EU urge all countries to join them in eliminating support for coal, oil and gas in a decade http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/27/g7-nations-pledge-to-end-fossil-fuel-subsidies-by-2025 40 comments worldnews
- Oil crisis leads to food rationing in Angola: The decline in the price of crude oil badly hit Angola. The national currency kwanza nearly crashed and imports have drastically reduced. Food is scarce and more expensive such that supermarkets ration sales http://www.dw.com/en/oil-crisis-leads-to-food-rationing-in-angola/a-19051909 31 comments worldnews
- A bill that would stop Texas cities from enacting their own bans on hydraulic fracturing in the nation's top crude oil and natural gas producing state was approved on Friday in the state House of Representatives. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/17/us-usa-fracking-texas-iduskbn0n826n20150417 8 comments politics
- Oil Drilling Encroaching On Theodore Roosevelt National Park Atop Bakken Shale, Threatening Solitude http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/22/oil-drilling-national-park_n_5519260.html?utm_hp_ref=green 5 comments politics
- Are you opposed to fracking? Then you might just be a terrorist: From North America to Europe, the 'national security' apparatus is being bought off by Big Oil to rout peaceful activism (x-post from /r/Fracking) http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/jan/21/fracking-activism-protest-terrorist-oil-corporate-spies 36 comments politics
- The world is spending half a trillion dollars on fossil fuel subsidies every year, according to a new report by the Overseas Development Institute - seven times more supporting coal, oil and gas than on helping poorer nations fight climate change http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24833153 37 comments worldnews
- Oil Spill in Amazon Basin Threatens to Damage Ecuadorian National Park with Greatest Biodiversity on Earth http://www.hoy.com.ec/noticias-ecuador/nuevos-videos-revelan-mancha-de-25-kilometros-por-derrame-de-petroleo-del-sote-582618.html 23 comments worldnews
- Oil nations asked to consider carbon tax on exports - Proposal could break deadlock at climate talks over raising finances for poorer countries to adapt to global warming http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/21/oil-nations-carbon-tax-climate-talks?intcmp=122 3 comments worldnews
- Ignoring Critics, Argentina To Nationalize Oil Firm. http://www.npr.org/2012/04/19/150959215/ignoring-critics-argentina-to-nationalize-oil-firm 29 comments worldnews
- NATO nations set to reap spoils of Libya war - As rebels take Tripoli, foreign powers are eyeing the prize of Libya's high quality crude oil. http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/08/201182511546451332.html 3 comments politics
- The U.S. Defense Department is unable to properly account for over 95 percent of $9.1 billion in Iraqi oil money tapped by the U.S. for rebuilding the war ravaged nation, according to an audit released Tuesday http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/07/27/world/main6717303.shtml 22 comments politics
- Ecuador president, Rafael Correa, imposes oil nationalization law http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/d9h5lva00.htm 48 comments worldnews
- The entire Republican party is rather strangely referring to the disastrous Gulf Coast oil spill as the "nation's largest natural disaster." http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/06/house-gop-leadership-barton-was-wrong-on-bp-apology----and-spill-is-a-natural-disaster.php?ref=fpb 9 comments politics
- I'm not going to tolerate these lies from BP, the U.S. government, the intelligentsia, national media, or anyone else! The gulf oil spill is currently leaking a "minimum" of 15,000 barrels a day. http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/scarce/bp-sticking-5000-barrels-day 11 comments politics
- "Why has America become a nation that can't make anything bad end, like wars, farm subsidies, our oil addiction, the drug war, useless weapons programs and can't make anything good start, like health care reform, immigration reform, rebuilding infrastructure?" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-maher/new-rule-if-america-cant_b_299383.html? 686 comments politics
- Iraq recently signed its first oil deal in 35 years with a foreign company. The media barely acknowledged the deal. Why? It was with communist China's National Petroleum Co. http://www.contrarianprofits.com/articles/how-china-is-beating-the-united-states-in-the-global-oil-game/6366 4 comments business
- T. Boone Pickens: “We’re paying $700bn a year for foreign oil. It’s breaking us as a nation, and I want to make it the No. 1 issue of the election campaign this year.” http://www.contrarianprofits.com/articles/former-oilman-t-boone-pickens-taps-wind-power-natural-gas-to-replace-foreign-oil/3624 53 comments business
- More Oil Analysts Believe That Oil Rich Nations are Investing in Oil Futures and Driving Up Prices http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/03/16/financial/f113511d14.dtl&feed=rss.business 5 comments reddit.com