Report: Iraq Will Account for Almost Half of Global Oil Growth by 2035
October 9, 2012 The troubled Middle East nation is projected to grow petro production faster than the rest of the OPEC countries combined. Steve LeVineOctober 9, 2012URL:...
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Answer Me This...
With the last of the three debates completed and the presidential election just around the corner, the New America Foundation has pulled together this video with people from our various policy teams to...
View ArticlePolitics in a Time of Crisis: Sandy? Blame Socialism
October 30, 2012Haroon MoghulOctober 30, 2012URL: http://newamerica.net/node/73496 Last year I was in Queens, and I over-prepared. I took Hurricane Irene seriously, though she wasn’t as bad as the...
View ArticleHurricane Sandy as Greek Tragedy
October 30, 2012Mark HertsgaardOctober 30, 2012URL: http://newamerica.net/node/73498 Never has a hurricane been more aptly, if tragically, named than Sandy, the superstorm that flooded New York City...
View ArticleThe Deafening Silence on Climate Change
November 4, 2012 Global warming has seldom been mentioned this year on the campaign trail, despite Obama's promise to the contrary. Mark HertsgaardNovember 4, 2012URL: http://newamerica.net/node/73742...
View ArticleNew York's Next Extremist Shock
November 1, 2012Steve CollNovember 1, 2012URL: http://newamerica.net/node/73761 New York can be as compelling in a hurricane as it is on a starry Saturday night. Some of the thrill of living in the...
View ArticleHow We Could Blow the Energy Boom
November 7, 2012 America’s vast new surplus of natural gas could lead to greater prosperity and a cleaner environment. But if we don’t fix our decrepit, blackout-prone electric grid, we could wind up...
View ArticleHow U.S. Can Once Again Define the Future
November 27, 2012Patrick C. DohertyNovember 27, 2012URL: http://newamerica.net/node/74655 Washington is all about the fiscal cliff these days. In Doha, Qatar, world leaders are negotiating over...
View ArticleLatinos Are Ready to Fight Climate Change—Are Green Groups Ready for Them?
December 6, 2012Mark HertsgaardDecember 6, 2012URL: http://newamerica.net/node/75061 Smart Republican strategists—yes, they do exist—acknowledge that their party’s loss of Latinos was critical to...
View ArticleBakken Oil Boom and Climate Change Threaten the Future of Pasta
December 10, 2012 Temperatures are rising. Rainfalls are shifting. Droughts are intensifying. What will we eat when wheat won’t grow. Mark HertsgaardDecember 10, 2012URL:...
View ArticleA New U.S. Grand Strategy
January 9, 2013 Why walkable communities, sustainable economics, and multilateral diplomacy are the future of American power. Patrick C. DohertyJanuary 9, 2013URL: http://newamerica.net/node/77134 The...
View ArticlePresident Obama: Start the Climate Conversation Now
January 10, 2013Mark HertsgaardJanuary 10, 2013URL: http://newamerica.net/node/77214 Dear Mr. President, You promised, days after you were re-elected, that you would lead a national conversation about...
View ArticleThe Sidebar: Of Asteroids and Men
Konstantin Kakaes and Dan Sarewitz explain how - theoretically - we could avert an asteroid impact, and how the asteroid tracking industry has evolved. John Williams, former meteorite-hunter, tells us...
View ArticleIn The Tank: The Energy Holy Grail
You want to change the world, with one simple device? Build a better battery. Yep, the humble battery. If scientists can improve its power and range, the battery has the potential to dramatically...
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America's Economic Comeback
Charles Morris, The Century Foundation July 18, 2013Click here to view Charles Morris's presentation on America's Economic Comeback. Attachments: Morris_Comeback_July2013.pdf
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Driving Out of the Red with Greener Cars
Policies for Cheaper, Cleaner Auto Transportation in California's Central Valley March 24, 2014Lisa MargonelliURL:...
View ArticleCitizen Science : A Pathway to Civic Action
At last week’s Personal Democracy Forum, Matt Stempeck who has led work on participatory civic projects out of MIT’s Center for Civic Media, moderated a panel on Citizen Science. This is an...
View ArticleDaniel Yergin on the Future of Energy: Big Gains for Coal and Natural Gas |...
July 7, 2014Daniel YerginJuly 7, 2014 The world will soon run out of its most important energy resource because supplies are "becoming exhausted." To stave off disaster, there must be a quick fix to...
View ArticleWho Needs Sanctions? Oil, Gas Markets Are Hitting Moscow | Defense One
July 2, 2014Steve LeVineJuly 2, 2014 With the failure of an ultimatum to bring calm to Ukraine, the West may impose new sanctions on Russia, but if so they will come at a time that Moscow is already...
View ArticleExpectations Are High As Mexico Prepares to Accept Foreign Oil Explorers |...
July 15, 2014"Mexico's declining oil production, the rigidities of the (political) system, have been known for a long time," said Daniel Yergin, author of "The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and...
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