Blog Posts on oil crisis

Uganda be kiddin' me*: Kony 2012, Ugandan Oil Boom, and America's Next Bin Laden by Politics for Breakfast on Mar 14, 2012A parody pic by a hadtodoittoo posted here.Kony 2012 has been perceived by many as one of the most effective advocacy strategies in the recent age of viral memes and social networks. Created and launched by the non-government organization I...

Setting Fair Oil Prices for the Filipino People (by Rep. Walden Bello) by Politics for Breakfast on May 18, 2011Just this Monday, Rep. Walden Bello, a progressive Filipino solon, world-renowned economist and the originator of the "deglobalization" movement, recently spoke in halls of Congress on the need to set fair oil prices and increase income in a time of...

Oil spill saga: Static kill operation started by BP (video) by The Daily Inquirer on Aug 4, 2010BP has finally begun the so-called “static kill” procedure that should soon plug its damaged well for good, 106 days into the oil crisis in the Gulf of Mexico. BP conducted a successful flow test Tuesday, after a delay Monday night, clearing the...

Proposals to Resolve the Recurring Oil Crisis in the Philippines by Politics for Breakfast on Apr 5, 2009I have written a piece, originally for Palag Na! but later for Pagkakaisa ng Manggagawa sa Transportasyon (PMT), that is meant to consolidate and give a framework for proposals, both popularly demanded and what we managed to come up with, to resolve...