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OPEC
September 19, 2023
Kate Aronoff
The Lose-Lose Promise of Pledging Lower Gas Prices
Weirdly, the White House doesn’t seem to see much of a contradiction in continuing to boost domestic oil and gas production while championing climate change.
December 26, 2022
Casey Michel
Kleptocrat of the Year: Mohammed bin Salman
This was the year the Saudi strongman was supposed to become a pariah. Instead, he’s gotten away with murder.
October 12, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Best Time to Change the U.S.-Saudi Relationship Was Decades Ago. The Second-Best Time Is Now.
The United States has an opportunity to permanently shift its alliance with this despotic regime. It should take it.
October 10, 2022
Timothy Noah
We Only Ever Want to Bust OPEC When We Can’t
Tough talk about applying antitrust law against the oil cartel means nothing unless we follow through, and the time to do that isn’t now.
June 10, 2022
Timothy Noah
We Should Have Busted OPEC While We Had the Chance
The cartel clearly violates more than one U.S. law. We could help lower gas prices by going after it. So why don’t we?
November 25, 2021
Timothy Noah
Biden Is Worried About Gas Prices? He Should Bust OPEC.
It’s always been an illegal international cartel under U.S. law. Now would be a pretty good time to break it up.
August 2, 2021
Stephen Paduano
How to Help Poorer Oil Countries Survive Climate Change
Gabon, Mozambique, and the Congo are charting a new course for a post-oil world.
March 22, 2021
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Kate Aronoff
Can OPEC Rescue the Planet?
In order to end the fossil fuel era, the United States should join the organization American presidents love to hate.
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