petroleum industry

Explores all facets of oil as a natural resource, investigating its natural history, human uses, technology, environmental impact, and more.

"The New Wild West is the definitive account of what's happening on the ground and what really happens to a community when the energy industry is allowed to set up in a town with little regulation or oversight - and at what cost"--OCLC.

"Examine[s] oil spills and explores what they are, how they happen, and how to prevent them in the future"--Back cover.

Looks at how concerned citizens of Richmond, California used local politics to reclaim their town from the Chevron Oil Company.

The author draws on his work as a BBC undercover journalist to discuss such topics as the War on Terror, the Republican agenda for the 2008 election, and media practices that are keeping the Bush Administration's practices from getting reported by the mass media.

"Shows how the West can lead a peaceful global revolution by ending its dependence on the authoritarians who are stealing their countries' oil, and by getting out of business with the militias who are plundering their countries' minerals"--Dust jacket.

Contains twenty essays on current issues surrounding oil spills, discussing how they happen, the risk of spills, how they are handled, and industry regulations.

Reprints the briefer version of crusading journalist Ida M. Tarbell's expose of the Standard Oil Company and its owner John D. Rockefeller, serialized from 1902 to 1904 in "McClure's Magazine.".

Frank and Joe travel to California where they investigate a utopian community to see if they intend to sabotage the oil industry.

Discusses the pros and cons of oil and the petroleum industry.