Chapter 23 Web links

Energy Security

http://www.eia.doe.gov The Energy Information Administration. An agency of the US Government, housed within the Department of Energy, the EIA provides official energy statistics (including production, export, and consumption data for all forms of marketed energy), in-depth country briefs, and authoritative forecasts up to 2040.

https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/ National Security Archive, an independent, non-governmental research institute located at the George Washington University. Collects, analyses, and publishes declassified documents on US foreign policy, obtained through the US Freedom of Information Act. Many of these are published online, and provide a fascinating insight into US interventions in the Middle East and other oil-rich regions.

http://www.business-humanrights.org/ The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, a UK- and US-based charity dedicated to providing information on the human rights impacts—positive and negative—of corporate activities. A very detailed section on the energy sector, with over 4,800 entries searchable by company, country, or issue. Publishes media articles, first-hand accounts, UN reports, and sought responses from corporations.

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