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Lisa Margonelli

Oil prices climb as tensions with Iran persist

Environment

U.S oil prices are hitting levels not often seen in the winter time as instability with Iran, coupled with surging demand in developing nations drive up prices.

Reversing the offshore drain: China may lose jobs to U.S.

Development & Education

More oil becoming available as Arctic ice recedes

Environment

The true value of oil

Environment

Fracking’s Impact on the American Landscape

As Tensions with Iran Rise, So Do Oil Prices

Coming up, as tensions with Iran and the west are rising, so are oil prices. Lisa Margonelli, Fellow at the New America Foundation and the author of “Oil On the Brain: Petroleum’s Long Strange Trip to Your Tank” joins The Takeaway to look at the affect Iranian oil supplies could have on the US economy […]

Why China May Lose Manufacturing Jobs to the US

Business, Economics and Jobs

The US has steadily been bleeding manufacturing jobs to China for 15 years. But now, some economic researchers say, the time is ripe for that trend to reverse.

The World

Exxon makes oil deal with Russia

Environment

Exxon has decided to make a deal with Russia to explore for oil. Lisa Margonelli, director of the Energy Policy Initiative at the New America Foundation, thinks this is an important deal because it shows a significant shift from natural gas back to oil.

One Year Later: Looking at the Impact of the BP Oil Disaster in the Gulf

Environment

To mark the one year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon explosion, two of our regular contributors reflect on what the future looks like one year later. Lisa Margonelli of the New America Foundation and David Biello of Scientific American join us.

Will We Ever Stop Using Unsafe Energy?

Tokyo’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is said to be registering at 100-thousand times the normal level of radiation following the Sendai earthquake three weeks ago. Is the breach at Fukushima further proof that, in our search for energy independence, nuclear power may just be an uncontrollable gambit? Or is there a safer means to […]