When oil dries up: Oil is close to running out, and chaos will follow. Richard Heinberg on peak oil.

Helping cities, towns and municipalities adapt to peak oil: things you can do on the local level.

Dems pumped about gas prices

With $3-a-gallon gas near the top of voters' frustrations with the status quo, some challengers seeking to unseat congressional Republicans in November have found a gimmick they think will resonate with voters — and they're pumping it for all it's worth.

Soldier killed, foreigner kidnapped in Nigeria oil fields

Just a day after six foreign oil workers were released by kidnappers, another expatriate has been abducted and a soldier killed in the violent oil fields of the Niger Delta, police said Friday.

The scientists who claim they can create free energy. An interview with the inventors of that Irish perpetual motion scheme.

US Gives Energy Giants Blessing To Turn Rock Into Oil

Driven by a growing desire to lower dependence on foreign oil, the U.S. is set to help two of the world's biggest energy companies revisit extracting oil from stone in the Rocky Mountains - a venture that has previously been polluting and prohibitively expensive.

Getting fresh: Study reveals causes for freshwater increase in oceans