STWR - Share The World's Resources

For the first time, the well-respected Energy Information Administration appears to be joining with experts arguing that the era of cheap and plentiful oil is drawing to a close. With Asia's insatiable demand for energy, it suggests that a new era of cutthroat energy competition is upon us, writes Michael T. Klare.

The future of the world’s water supplies is contested between campaigners that understand water as a basic human right, and corporations that see 'blue gold' as a profitable commodity - leading to a crisis that can only be resolved if water is reclaimed as a public trust and sustainably shared.

Policymakers and scientists are increasingly proposing nuclear energy as the solution to reducing carbon emissions. Yet nuclear power remains a safety hazard and its proliferation is an obstacle to investment in renewable alternatives, writes the Great Transition Initiative.

The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea was intended to promote international cooperation on sharing and protecting marine resources - but does the present trend of ‘underwater land grabbing’ show the system of global governance to be inadequate? 

To overcome what President Obama calls the "tyranny of oil," he must repudiate the Carter Doctrine and reject the use of military force to ensure access to Middle Eastern petroleum - while becoming less dependent on oil, period. By Michael T. Klare.

The current absence of intense competition over oil resources does not mean that oil prices will cease to have an impact on global politics. Far from it. In fact, low prices are just as likely to roil the international landscape, only in new ways, writes Michael T. Klare.

The UN has stated that oil supply is expected to plateau in 2020 - a shocking development that has the potential to cause severe economic, social and political disruption unless dependence on petroleum is curbed, argues George Monbiot.