Michael T. Klare

Michael T. Klare is a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College and the author of Resource Wars and Blood and Oil.

Climate change as genocide: inaction equals annihilation

Not since World War II have more human beings been at risk from disease and starvation than at this very moment.

By Michael T. Klare

/ 21 Apr 2017

The renewable revolution

Four reasons why the transition from fossil fuels to a green energy era is gaining traction.

By Tom Engelhardt and Michael T. Klare

/ 19 Apr 2015

America’s European allies are feeling somewhat less deferential to Moscow because of the growth in global supplies. In other words, the striking spurt in US domestic oil production has added a patriotic dimension to its already powerful allure.

By Michael T. Klare

/ 7 Sep 2014

In the carbon wars, big oil is winning

We humans have a choice: we can succumb to carbon’s gravitational pull and so suffer from increasingly harsh planetary conditions, or resist and avoid the most deadly consequences of climate change.

By Tom Engelhardt and Michael T. Klare

/ 13 Feb 2014

Is a green energy revolution on the global agenda?

Climate rebellion is on the horizon. At the same time, governments globally, with rare exceptions, are deeply wedded to existing energy policies and will respond with some combination of accommodation to popular demands and harsh repression.

By Michael T. Klare

/ 18 Nov 2013

Fossil fuel euphoria: Hallelujah, oil and gas forever

Senior government officials including President Obama have already become infected with this euphoria, as have top Wall Street investors - which means it will have a powerful and longlasting, though largely pernicious effect on US energy policy, industrial development, and foreign relations.

By Michael T. Klare

/ 17 Oct 2013

Our fossil-fuelled future

What sort of fabulous new energy systems will the world possess in 2040? Which fuels will supply the bulk of our energy needs? And how will that change the global energy equation, international politics, and the planet’s health?

By Michael T. Klare

/ 14 Sep 2013

How to fry a planet

Don't for a second imagine we are heading for an era of renewable energy.

By Tom Engelhardt and Michael T. Klare

/ 9 Aug 2013