Required TEXTs:

Gavin Bridge & Philippe Le Billon, Oil.  Cambridge, UK Malden, MA, 2013.  (hereafter, O). [ISBN 978-0745649269].
 
Lester R. Brown, World on the Edge.  New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2011.  (hereafter, WoE).  [ISBN 978-0-393-33949-9].
 
Charles L. Harper, Environment and Society: Human Perspectives on Environmental Issues, Fifth Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2011. (hereafter, ES). [ISBN-13: 978-0-205820535].
 
Michael T. Klare, The Race for WhatÕs Left: The Global Scramble for the WorldÕs Last Resources. New York: Picador, 2012. (hereafter, RWL) [ISBN 978-1-250-02397-1].
 
Laurence C. Smith, The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future. New York: Plume, 2011. (hereafter, W) [ISBN 978-0452297470].