News Sources: OPEC Blames U.S. for High Oil Prices

As President Bush declared the the U.S. has "to get off oil," OPEC ministers have opted to not put more oil on the global market. OPEC President Chakib Khelil says the global market is being affected by what he called "the mismanagement of the U.S. economy," and America's problems were a key factor in the cartel's decision. Reporters looking for experts to interview on this topic can find them online at the collegenews.org database of news sources and subject matter experts from America's leading liberal arts colleges and universities, including the following:

Michael T. Klare - Professor of Peace and World Security Studies, Hampshire College - Klare is the author of Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum. He is an expert on world security and serves on the Committee on International Security Studies, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Thomas E. Drennen - Assistant Professor of Economics, Hobart and William Smith Colleges - Drennen's expertise interweaves economics with environmental issues. Drennen is the author of more than 20 publications alternative energy, gas prices, nuclear facilities, hybrid cars, public policy, sport utility vehicles, and more.

Mary Ann Tetreault - Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Trinity University - Tetreault is an expert on international affairs and how political systems affect the oil industry. She is he author of books on political and social movements in the Middle East.

News Sources: Russia Plants Flag at North Pole

The United States and Canada have scoffed at a Russian submarine expedition that planted a Russian flag on the seabed under the North Pole. The recent dive by two small submarines was partly a scientific expedition. But it could mark the start of a fierce legal scramble for control of the seabed and what could be vast energy reserves beneath among nations that border the Arctic, including Russia, the U.S., Canada, Norway and Denmark, through its territory Greenland. Reporters looking for sources to interview on this topic can find them online at the collegenews.org database of news sources and subject matter experts from America's leading lberal arts colleges, including the following (click on names for contact information):

Nick Hayes - Professor of History, Saint John's University - Hayes, who holds a doctorate in Russian and European history, won an Emmy in 1991 for his work on Russia. He has published widely in the academic press and appeared in popular press, including ABC "Nightline" and CBS "Sunday Morning."

Larry Caldwell - Gamble Professor of Political Science, Occidental College - A former visiting professor at the National War College, scholar-in-residence in the CIA's Office of Soviet Analysis, and RAND consultant, Caldwell is an expert on Russian-American relations, Russian politics and military, and arms control who has testified before Senate and House committees.

Michael T. Klare - Professor of Peace and World Security Studies, Hampshire College - Hayes is the author of Resource Wars and Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum. He is director of the Five College (Hampshire, Amherst, Smith, Mount Holyoke Colleges and the University of Massachusetts) Program in Peace and World Security Studies. Hayes testifies regularly on arms issues before international organizations, including the United Nations, and is on the Committee on International Security Studies, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.