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Oil and Energy



"Light, Sweet, Crude: A former US ambassador peddles influence in Afghanistan."
by Antonia JuhaszHarper's Magazine
April 22nd, 2013
Antonia reports from Afghanistan on oil, war, and corruption.

Why the war in Iraq was fought for Big Oil.
by Antonia JuhaszCNN
March 19th, 2013
Yes, the Iraq War was a war for oil, and it was a war with winners: Big Oil. This is how they did it.

The New War for Afghanistan's Untapped Oil.
by Antonia JuhaszThe Atlantic
January 10th, 2013
What's driving the recent surge in Taliban violence?

BP Owes $192 Billion for Gulf Oil Disaster, Not $15 Billion Settlement It's Seeking.
by Antonia JuhaszHuffington Post
June 11th, 2012
A straightforward application of just the most pertinent U.S. laws yields a fine of $192 billion for BP.

Speaking Truth to Chevron: An Interview with Nigerian Ecofeminist Emem Okon
by Antonia JuhaszMs. Magazine Blog
June 4th, 2012
On May 30, leaders of communities harmed by oil giant Chevron descended upon the company’s annual shareholder meeting in San Ramon, California to demand environmental justice and human rights. Antonia Juhasz interviewed Nigerian leader, Emem Okon.

Feds Should Prosecute, Jail BP Execs.
by Antonia JuhaszAL Press-Register
May 20th, 2012
DOJ should use the Seamans Manslaughter Statute to charge BP and other corporate executives with manslaughter charges for the deaths of 11 men on the Deepwater Horizon.

Two Year's Later: BP's Toxic Legacy, Cover Article
by Antonia JuhaszThe Nation (cover article)
April 18th, 2012
Antonia's investigation into the ongoing health crisis in the Gulf two years after the start of the BP oil spill.

BP vs. Gulf Coast: It's Not Settled Yet.
by Antonia JuhaszThe Nation
March 6th, 2012
One settlement deal is on the table, but the public must remain vigilant as the legal struggle to bring justice and restoration to the people and places of the U.S. Gulf Coast has only just begun.

BP Oil Still Tars the Gulf.
by Antonia JuhaszThe Progressive
March 4th, 2012
Nearly two years after the start of the Gulf oil spill, disaster continues.

Not if but when: Culture Beyond Oil Publication
by Platform and Liberate Tate
November 16th, 2011
Antonia Juhasz is interviewed in this new daring publication, ‘Not if but when: Culture Beyond Oil,' which discusses oil sponsorship of the arts featuring artworks in dialogue with the BP Gulf of Mexico catastrophe.

Afghanistan's Energy War
by Antonia Juhasz & Shukria DellawarForeign Policy in Focus
October 5th, 2011
A little-noted energy agenda moving rapidly forward in Afghanistan could exacerbate insecurity and instability, and ensure a prolonged U.S. and foreign military presence.

"The Crude Truth About Iraq", Letter to the Editor
by Antonia JuhaszThe Washington Post
September 14th, 2011
Letter to the Editor discussing the oil war in Iraq - and why it should end.

Chevron's Global Victims Confront CEO
by Antonia JuhaszSan Francisco Bay View Newspaper
June 9th, 2011
Meeting to highlight company's successes turned into forum on abuses: oil giant withers under criticism from communities suffering human rights and environmental harms.

Chevron's shareholders should say no to offshore drilling.
by Antonia JuhaszHuffington Post
May 20th, 2011
Next week, Chevron -- California's largest corporation and the nation's third largest -- holds its annual shareholder meeting in San Ramon.

Shareholders must tell Chevron not to drill in deep water.
by Antonia JuhaszContra Costa Times Newspaper (also in the Oakland Tribune)
May 20th, 2011
(also reprinted in the Oakland Tribune Newspaper) Chevron -- California's largest corporation -- holds its annual shareholder meeting in San Ramon. As usual, the gathering will be met by protesters, including those from areas all around the nation and the world where Chevron operates in the deep sea.

The True Cost of Chevron: An Alternative Annual Report, 3rd Edition, May 2011
by Antonia Juhasz Co-Editor, lead author
May 11th, 2011
Antonia Juhasz is co-editor and lead author of the third annual report, featuring new sections on Chevron's pursuit of ever-riskier and ever-deeper offshore projects in the South China Sea, the North Sea, and the Canadian Arctic.

Voices from the Gulf oil disaster.
by Antonia JuhaszHuffington Post
April 21st, 2011
It is the largest oil disaster in U.S. history.

Learning from the BP Oil Disaster
by Antonia JuahszCommon Dreams
April 18th, 2011
Although every major oil company operating in deep water around the world had guaranteed that it could handle a blowout, not a single one knew what to do.

"The Oil Is Not Gone": BP Tries to Block Gulf Residents from Shareholder Meeting
by Antonia JuahszAlterNet
April 17th, 2011
BP tried to deny me and others affected by the spill access to their shareholder meeting, but we would not be silenced.

Questions for BP and the oil industry, one year after Deepwater Horizon.
by Antonia JuhaszNieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University
April 15th, 2011
Nieman watchdog. Questions the press should ask.

One year after Deepwater Horizon disaster, rig operator claims 'Best Year in Safety Performance,' gives execs big bonuses.
by Antonia JuhaszAlternet.org
April 11th, 2011
It is time to learn the lessons of the disaster: neither the technology nor the regulation of deepwater drilling is capable of protecting workers or the environment.

Black Tide: the Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill.
by Antonia Juhasz Wiley publishers, April 2011
It is the largest oil disaster in American history, and it could happen again.

With BP's Oil and Chemicals Still in Gulf Coast Waters, Shrimpers Stay Out.
by Antonia JuhaszHuffington Post
August 26th, 2010
Alabama's waters may be open to shrimping, but the shrimpers aren't biting, turned off and away by oil and chemicals.

A Permanent Moratorium.
by Antonia Juhasz The Progressive Magazine
August 2nd, 2010
BP's Disaster in the Gulf is far from an isolated incident.

Women Clean Up After BP.
by Antonia Juhasz Ms. Magazine
August 1st, 2010
Man-Made, Woman-Saved.Guess who’s helping clean up BP’s Gulf Coast oil disaster— and working to prevent another from occurring?

BP's 'Missing Oil' Washes Up in St. Mary's Parish, LA
by Antonia JuhaszHuffington Post
July 31st, 2010
BP's "Missing Oil" coats wetlands and beaches along the waterways near St. Mary's Parish, Louisiana, where no one is booming, cleaning, skimming, or watching.

A Tale of Two Oil Spills.
by Antonia JuhaszDollars & Sense Magazine
July 19th, 2010
To make BP pay, Obama must learn from his predecessors’ mistakes on the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

How far should we let Big Oil go?
by Antonia JuhaszThe Guardian of London
May 24th, 2010
An alternative annual report for the oil company Chevron looks at the deep costs paid for the world's oil addiction

The True Cost of Chevron: An Alternative Annual Report, May 2010
by Antonia Juhasz, Editor, Lead author
May 1st, 2010
2nd Edition. Written by dozens of community leaders from 16 countries and 10 states across the United States where Chevron operates, the 60-page report encompasses the full range of Chevron's activities.

"BP spends millions lobbying as it drills ever deeper and the environment pays."
by Antonia JuhaszThe Observer of London
May 1st, 2010
The oil major BP spends aggressively to influence US regulatory insight, and many would argue this has bought it leniency.

Breaking the Psychological and Economic Ties Binding Us to War.
by Antonia Juhasz & Joseph JuhaszHuffington Post
March 24th, 2010
How can service members and veterans help to bring to an end the war in Iraq, now entering its eighth year, as well as the wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan?

Key Oil Auction in Iraq Today.
by Antonia JuhaszHuffington Post
December 11th, 2009
With key oil auction in Iraq, foreign companies could end up producing the majority of Iraq's oil for the first time in 35 Years.

Big Oil vs. Obama in Copenhagen: Lessons from California
by Antonia JuhaszHuffington Post
December 7th, 2009
In the United States, petroleum accounts for more than 40 % of total CO2 emissions from all forms of fossil fuel combustion - more than any other fuel. Per capita, we Americans remain the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the world. Thus in order to tackle climate change, we must tackle oil.

Did Big Oil Win the Iraq War?
by Antonia JuhaszAlternet.org
November 14th, 2009
As U.S. and British oil companies sign contracts with the Iraqi government, is it time to declare Big Oil the "victor" in the Iraq war?

Chevron Gets Fixed.
by Antonia JuhaszHuffington Post
November 3rd, 2009
On Sunday, Chevron became the first oil company to come under a Yes Men Audience Attack. Chevron was chosen because Chevron is different from other oil companies.

Chevron owes more to Richmond & California
by Antonia JuhaszThe San Francisco Chronicle
July 17th, 2009
This week, Fortune magazine released its list of the 500 l argest corporations in the world. With a nearly 25 percent increase in its revenues from 2007, Chevron Corp. moved from the sixth to the fifth largest corporation in the world. Only 36 countries on the planet had GDPs larger than Chevron's $263 billion in 2008 revenues.

The True Cost of Chevron: An Alternative Annual Report, May 2009
by Antonia Juhasz, Editor, Lead author
May 26th, 2009
The communities and their allies who bear the consequences of Chevron's operations have released their own Alternative Annual Report for Chevron.

Chevron's Hype.
by Antonia JuhaszThe Los Angeles Times
November 21st, 2008
The oil company's ads say it is investing heavily in alternative and renewable fuels, but corporate reports indicate otherwise.

In Final Days, Bush Pushes for Iraq's Oil.
by Maya SchenwarTruthout.org
November 11th, 2008
Antonia is quoted in this article by Maya Schenwar.

Obama's Top Three Foreign Policy Priorities.
by Antonia Juhasz (contributing author)Foreign Policy in Focus
November 7th, 2008
oreign Policy In Focus asked our senior analysts to identify the foreign policy priorities of the new Obama administration. Here's what they said:

OK Barack, Time to Hit the Ground Running.
by Antonia Juhasz (contributing author)Alternet.org
November 5th, 2008
AlterNet asked dozens of writers, experts and activists on key issues to write about where the country needs to go, and the priorities for Barack Obama's early days in office.

How Big Oil's Lobbyists Contributed to Big Finance's Crash.
by Antonia JuhaszAlternet.org
October 23rd, 2008

Big Oil's Last Stand.
by Antonia JuhaszForeign Policy in Focus
October 22nd, 2008
An excerpt from the introduction to The Tyranny of Oil.

A Cautionary Tale for States Seeking to Tax Oil Corporations From California's Prop 87 Debacle
by Antonia JuhaszDaily Camera Newspaper (Boulder, Colorado)
October 16th, 2008
California's Tale of Loss Offered as a Warning for Colorado's Amendment 58 Supporters.

Another Big Win for Big Oil (Let's Make it the Last)
by Antonia JuhaszThe Huffington Post
October 1st, 2008
They are today the most profitable corporations in world history. The political power garnered by all of this wealth was firmly on display last week when Congress handed Big Oil two big wins -- the lifting of the Congressional moratoriums on offshore drilling and the development of oil from shale.

Will the Next War for Oil be in Africa?
by Antonia JuhaszForeign Policy in Focus
June 17th, 2008

Benchmark Boogie: A Guide to the Struggle Over Iraq's Oil.
by Antonia JuhaszAlternet
July 14th, 2007

Whose Oil Is It, Anyway?
by Antonia Juhasz New York Times
March 13th, 2007
The Iraq Oil Law would transform Iraq’s oil industry from a nationalized model closed to American oil companies except for limited marketing contracts, into a commercial industry, all-but-privatized, that is fully open international oil company control.

Are U.S. Oil Companies Going to "Win" the Iraq War?
by Antonia JuhaszHuffington Post
March 1st, 2007

Oil Grab In Iraq
by Antonia Juhasz and Raed JarrarForeign Policy in Focus
February 22nd, 2007
While debate rages in the United States about the military in Iraq, an equally important decision is being made inside of Iraq--the future of Iraq’s oil. A new Iraqi law proposes to open the country’s currently nationalized oil system to foreign corporate control. But emblematic of the flawed promotion of “democracy” by the Bush administration, this new law is news to most Iraqi politicians.

Spoils of War: Oil, The U.S.-Middle East Free Trade Area, and The Bush Agenda
by Antonia JuhaszIn These Times
December 19th, 2006

It's Still About Oil In Iraq
by Antonia JuhaszThe Los Angeles Times
December 8th, 2006

Oil for Sale: Iraq Study Group Recommends Privatization
by Antonia JuhaszAlternet.org
December 7th, 2006
The Iraq Study Group may not have a solution for how to end the war, but it does have a way for its corporate friends to make money.

Bush's Ace in the Hole in Iraq?
by Antonia JuhaszThe Huffington Post
May 23rd, 2006
In this piece from The Huffington Post, Antonia discusses the importance of Iraqi vice president Adel Abdul Mahdi to the economic goals of the Bush Administration.

Iraq's Oil Timeline
by Antonia JuhaszLeft Turn Magazine
May 1st, 2006
Amid all the talk of training Iraqi soldiers, heading off a civil war, and protecting Iraq’s fledging democracy, one overriding agenda has been ignored in the debate over the time-table for bringing US troops home: President Bush will not withdraw US forces until US oil companies have secure access to Iraq’s oil.

Bush's Economic Invasion of Iraq
by Antonia JuhaszThe Los Angeles Times
August 14th, 2005
Constitutional drafting process appears unlikely to slow the march of U.S. corporations into Baghdad, at the expense of Iraqi self-determination. This article has been reposted on AlterNet along with viewer comments and in the online edition of the Coastal Post.

Of Oil And Elections
by Antonia JuhaszAlternet.org
January 27th, 2005
Remember when we used to talk about how the war in Iraq was about oil? Remember the banners that read "No blood for oil?" Oil has fallen out of the discussion lately, but it's time to bring it back in light of the Iraqi elections scheduled for this Sunday.

A Nice Little War to Fill the Coffers
by Antonia JuhaszThe Los Angeles Times
October 14th, 2004
President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney are correct when they say things are not all bad in Iraq. It just depends on your perspective. Although the military campaign is in chaos, the economic campaign is moving along quite nicely, at least for U.S. corporations and the Republican Party.