Enzo Palmiere Websites

OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)

http://www.opec.org/

Opec homepage

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/opec.html

Energy Information Administration (EIA) OPEC fact sheet

http://www.opecnews.com/

Current OPEC news source

http://www.gasandoil.com/goc/welcome.html

Alexander's Gas and Oil Connections is a news site for the gas, oil and affliated industry

Cartels doing business around the world Globalization will benefit almost everyone

http://www.imf.org/external/np/speeches/2000/041300.HTM

Luncheon speech by Stanley Fisher, Acting Managing Director of the IMF, arguing that globalization will lead to a better world for all.

http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/ffd/woicke.htm

Peter Woicke of the International Tribune argues that globalization is what developing countries want and need.

Poor people and middle class people are beginning to share in the growth and profits.

http://www.ppionline.org/ppi_ci.cfm?knlgAreaID=108&subsecID=206&contentID=2201

This article from The Progressive Policy Institute claims to offer a "third way" to economic prosperity that doesn't involve exploiting people and the environment. This article argues  "…economic growth, on average, raises incomes for both the rich and the poor. It helps to lift the poorest in society out of absolute poverty and does not automatically increase inequality." This site includes many other links to alternative arguments regarding globalization.

Demand for cleaner, better energy rises

http://www.worldbank.org/html/fpd/energy/discuss/wbd359.htm

This paper examines the oil product demand for developing countries contrasting growth rates to that of the OECD  countries.

OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)

http://www.oecd.org/about/

Environmental problems

http://www.ucsusa.org/energy/brief.hidden.html

Union of Concerned Scientists discussion of the hidden costs of fossil fuel

Urban air pollution

http://www.altenergy.org/2/nonrenewables/fossil_fuel/impacts/air_pollution/air_pollution.html

Alternative Energy Institute Inc. website discusses fossil fuels and the need for alternative energy development

http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/peg_caa/pegcaa01.html

Plain English guide to the Clean Air Act

Global warming

http://www.globalwarming.org/brief/student.htm

An in-depth student resource on global climate change science, politics, and economic issues.

http://www.fao.org/inpho/vlibrary/u8480e/u8480e0y.htm

UN Food and Argriculture Organization overview of global warming

Holes in the ozone layer

http://www4.nas.edu/beyond/beyonddiscovery.nsf/web/ozone3?OpenDocument

National Academy of Sciences article "All About Ozone".

http://www.atm.ch.cam.ac.uk/tour/index.html

University of Cambridge's Centre for Atmospheric Sciences "The Ozone Hole Tour".

http://sedac.ciesin.org/ozone/

Home page for the Stratospheric Ozone and Human Health Project

Oilspills harming plants and animals

http://www.itopf.com/effects.html

International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Limited (ITOPF) website discussing marine oil spills

http://www.api.org/

American Petroleum Institute

http://www.oilspill.state.ak.us/

Exxon Valdez oil spill restoration project website

Health problems such as asthma, heart attacks, and lung cancers