How can corporations work to prevent human rights violations on their watch, as well as disasters like the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion? Christine Bader discusses her time at BP, where she was part of the invisible army of people inside corpo

The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters - 0

Feb 3rd, 2014 59m 34s

Thanks to fracking and the unlikely characters who made this revolution happen, the United States is now the biggest energy producer in the world. The fracking bonanza is here to stay, argues Gregory Zuckerman, and the environmental hazards can

Shefa Siegel on the Ethics of Mining

Mar 13th, 2013 41m 4s

Mining harms the environment irreversibly, yet this is often ignored, and mining is on the increase, often without clear ecological or economic development benefits. "We're still using the model created at the end of the 19th century, but in a

Ethics Matter: Environmentalist Bill McKibben on Climate Change - 0

Oct 15th, 2012

McKibben, one of the world's leading environmentalist, believes our best hope lies not in appealing to our wallets, but in appealing to our ethics, our most basic sense of right and wrong. When it comes to taking on the fossil fuel industry, Mc

Public Affairs: Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power - 0

May 9th, 2012 1h 3m

ExxonMobil is rather like France, says Steve Coll. It's mostly aligned with the U.S; it's sometimes opposed, but a lot of the time it's just busy keeping track of its own separate system and really doesn't want to be entangled in U.S. power unl

The Race for What's Left: The Global Scramble for the World's Last Resources - 0

Mar 26th, 2012 59m 41s

As we run out of resources, the human race is at a pivotal point. We have two options: We can continue along the same path, leading to much of the planet becoming uninhabitable. Or we can create an alternative future where we use resources in a

The Oil Curse: How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development of Nations - 0

Mar 12th, 2012

According to Michael Ross, it's no coincidence that major oil-producing countries have less democracy, fewer opportunities for women, more frequent civil wars, and more volatile economic growth than the rest of the world.

Justin Harlow on Political Risk and Investment in Emerging Markets

Nov 15th, 2011

Justin Harlow discusses investing in the energy sector in emerging markets. He is the founder and managing partner of Tau Energy Partners, an energy investment advisory firm dedicated to emerging markets.

Leif Wenar on Natural Resources and Clean Trade Policies

Jun 2nd, 2011 27m 37s

Consumers in countries that import natural resources are often unwittingly in business with dictators, corrupt officials, and armed groups, says Leif Wenar. Yet we could change our laws to make powerful groups in exporting countries more accoun

The Plundered Planet: Why We Must--and How We Can--Manage Nature for Global Prosperity - 0

May 7th, 2010 1h 2m

What, asks Oxford economist Paul Collier, are realistic and sustainable solutions to correcting the mismanagement of the natural world? Can an international standard be established to resolve the complex issues of unchecked profiteering on the

Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil - 0

Oct 6th, 2009

From Ecuador to Nigeria, in most oil-producing countries oil has not brought any benefits to the poor and has often damaged people's health and ruined the environment, says Peter Maass. As for Iraq, although the war was not "all about oil," oil

Interview with Sujeesh Krishnan and Euan Murray

Jun 26th, 2009 27m 30s

Julia Kennedy talks to Sujeesh Krishnan and Euan Murray of Carbon Trust about the journey to discover the biggest sources of emissions for businesses, and finds that sometimes the answers are not what you might expect.

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