The ultimate losers as the Chevron and Ecuador case drags on will be the locals in the villages originally polluted.

The world's transportation system will continue to be powered by petroleum for the coming decades so the United States' top priority should be studying the spill and learning from the mistakes that were made.

While the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is a catastrophe, it would be a mistake to abandon offshore drilling and to instead pursue biofuels, as they are neither economically viable nor environmentally beneficial.

Recent corporate environmentalism has been driven by economics, as companies seek financial savings.

Bill Ford is under attack for a change of tack away from hybrid vehicles. But activists must see that the environment is not the only stakeholder.

The banana giant has unfairly paid for its own transparency.

Review of The World's Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations, by Sebastian Mallaby.

Though declining in global economic importance, Latin America is a major market, a venue of investment, and a source of human capital and labor and energy.