David is a writer for the popular economic news site Economywatch.
Last summer huge deposits of natural gas were found along Israel's northern coastline. As with almost everything having to do with that controversial country, both…
BP’s investment with Russia's national oil company, Rosneft, was announced in January, it was generally seen as a coup, giving BP access to exploration licenses…
As the world watches in horror as the Fukushima disaster continues to unfold, it forces a new look at an on-going global revolution in perhaps…
The race is on to find alternate sources of fuel and energy and quit dependence on oil, especially with ever increasing and volatile oil prices.…
Radiation fears have begun to play havoc with the global shipping industry, in which Japan is a key player on several levels. Fearing the potential…
Rising food prices have driven an estimated 44 million people into poverty in developing countries since last June as food costs continue to rise to…
At the heart of the Bahrain crisis is a Sunni / Shia Muslim split that is not limited to the small island off Saudi Arabia,…
A decade ago China urged its companies to expand overseas under the slogan “go out”. Now it is finally happening -- and with great speed.…
In booming South America, oil-rich Venezuela is the exception: the continent's only shrinking economy in 2010. Officials are rationing hard currency. Government takeovers of private…
Even as developed countries close, or limit construction of, coal-fired power plants out of concern over pollution and climate-warming emissions, coal has found a rapidly…
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As President Obama makes ever clearer his incomprehensible desire to do even more for the corporate sector than he has already, one industry that will…
As China President Hu Jintao visits President Obama and the rest of the US, most of the attention will be focused -- in our view,…
A few years ago, Silicon Valley start-ups like Solyndra, Nanosolar and MiaSolé dreamed of transforming the economics of solar power by reinventing the technology used…
As Deng Tsiao-Ping observed before his death, rare earth metals - which are crucial to producing all manner of "clean" high-technology - are China's oil.…
Because China’s economic growth has been so spectacular over the past 15 or so years, many people have forgotten its pre-condition has been a general…
In the global rush to industrialize, and above all, make steel, the imperative element in manufacturing, iron ore has suddenly become a key element of…
Israeli business executives here in Istanbul like to point out that most of the angry Turks who protested Israel’s deadly raid on a Turkish-led flotilla…
Coal is currently experiencing a phenomenal comeback everywhere. Demand has grown considerably, making coal the second-most important energy source worldwide, after oil. Billions of people…
They are supposed to help states and cities that are short of cash build roads, schools and bridges. But Build America Bonds, part of President…