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More Corporate Contradictions on Climate

Elliott Negin | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: General Electric, Climate Change, American Legislative Exchange Council, Global Warming, Conocophillips, Exxon Mobil, DISCLOSE Act, Union of Concerned Scientists, Peabody Energy, Green News

A new report analyzing more than two dozen Standard & Poor 500 companies found that despite their public pronouncements about the reality of global warming, three-quarters of them at least indirectly hindered climate change mitigation efforts.

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Community Power vs. the Kochs

Aaron Bartley | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Wind Power, Renewable Energy, Geothermal Energy, Community Organizing, Koch Brothers, Solar Power, Exxon Mobil, Alternative Energy, Local Alternative Energy, Local Energy Projects, Green Energy, Local Government, Green News

While the oil and gas lobby dominates at the federal level, communities across the United States are making great strides in gaining control of energy production by advancing an impressive range of renewable projects.

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Exxon Mobil Cleans Up Spill

AP | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Energy, Video, Exxon Mobil Louisiana Oil Spill, Exxon Mobil Clean Up, Pointe Coupee Parish, Exxon Mobil, Exxonmobil, Pointe Coupee Parish Exxon Mobil, Exxon Mobil Louisiana Spill, Louisiana Oil Spill Clean Up, Exxon Mobil Oil Spill, Pointe Coupee Parish Oil Spill, Green News

TORBERT, La. (AP) — Exxon Mobil Corp. says it is cleaning up about 80,000 gallons of oil that spilled from a pipeline in rural Louisiana. ...

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Union To Oil Giant: 'Treat Us Equally'

Reuters | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: United Steelworkers Union, Video, United Steelworkers Exxon, Labor-News, Exxon Mobil, Reuters, Business News, Exxon, United Steelworkers, Labor Unions, Business News

* USW says Exxon has failed to offer key safety provision * Talks for a new contract to continue till mid-June HOUSTON, ...

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Exxon's Big Bet on Shale Gas Won't Pay Off if Clean Energy Scales

Mike Casey | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Oil, Renewables, Clean Energy, Fracking, Sustainable Energy, Green Energy, Fossil Fuels, Exxon Mobil, Green News

The clean energy industry has to dramatically scale its advocacy investment to meet an aggressive disinformation campaign trained against it by the fossil lobby.

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ALEC's Other 'Deadly Force' Campaign to Kill Climate Initiatives

Elliott Negin | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Union of Concerned Scientists, American Legislative Exchange Council, Koch Brothers, General Motors, Center for Media and Democracy, Climate Science, Exxon Mobil, Exxonmobil, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, BP America, Global Warming Deniers, DeSmog Blog, Heartland Institute, Global Warming, Green News, Politics News

With ALEC in the spotlight, what has still gone unmentioned is its longtime stealth campaign to scuttle state -- and federal -- climate change initiatives, despite the fact that a number of its corporate members publicly acknowledge that global warming is a serious problem.

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If Corporations Are Persons, Then They Should Be Better People on Tax Day

Jose Suarez | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Taxes, Foreclosure Crisis, Corporations, Wells Fargo, Exxon Mobil, Foreclosure, Carnival Cruise Lines, Citizens United, Corporate Personhood, Miami News

If Carnival were a person, there would be a word to describe its behavior: bratty. You know, the way none of us would want to see our kids act.

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Apple: A Cautionary Tale

Mitch Feierstein | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Oil, Business News, Technology, Apple, China, Stock Market, Exxon Mobil, Apple Company Value, Apple Stock Prices, Apple Stock Value, Technology News

I'm an Apple-fan. An Appleholic. But I'm a professional fund manager and I don't like losing money. And despite all my admiration for everything appley, that admiration does not extend to its stock price at these levels.

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Corporate-Backed Lobbyists Are Behind 'Stand Your Ground' Laws

The New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Ups, Stand Your Ground, National Rifle Association, American Legislative Exchange Council, Koch Brothers, Center for Media and Democracy, Lobbyists, Stand Your Ground Law, AT&T, Exxon Mobil, Corrections Corporation of America, Paul Krugman, Coca Cola, K12 Inc., Politics News

Florida’s now-infamous Stand Your Ground law, which lets you shoot someone you consider threatening without facing arrest, let alone prosecution, so...

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Exposed: The Corporations Behind the Law That May Let Trayvon Martin's Killer Go Free

Suzanne Merkelson | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: National Rifle Association, George Zimmerman, American Legislative Exchange Council, Koch Brothers, Exxon Mobil, Trayvon Martin, Sanford, Trayvon Martin Shooting, Politics News

It's been widely reported today that the American Legislative Exchange Council helped pass the law that might allow Trayvon Martin's killer, George Zimmerman, to escape prosecution.

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$5 Per Gallon Gas is Coming; Where's Obama's Windfall Profits Tax on the Oil Industry?

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Taxes, Exxon Mobil, Gas Prices, Small Business, Oil Industry, Lobbyists, President Obama, Oil, Obama Administration, Asbl, Obama, Lloyd Chapma, American Small Business League, Small Business News

President Obama needs to keep his 2008 campaign promise and pass a windfall profits tax on oil and gas industry. It will help keep the price of gas down, boost the economy and raise revenue to balance the budget.

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Are We Really Powerless Against Gas Prices?

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Chevron, Karel, Charles Karel Bouley, Biodiesel, Algae Biofuel, Exxon Mobil, President Obama, Politics News

The headline on the iPad news program was grim..."What can the President do about gas prices? Not much..." As I sat thinking about being oil company victims, I looked up. And there it was: $5.12 per gallon.

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"What's" the Beef?

David Fagin | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: George Bush, Exxon Mobil, Steroids, George W. Bush, Epa, Burger King, McDonald's, Pink Slime, Fda, Monsanto, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Food News

Perhaps, next time you hear someone ask, "Where's the beef?," you should tell them the correct term is, "What's the beef?"

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Exxon CEO Speaks Out Against Federal Regulations

Reuters | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Energy, Environmental Regulations, Video, Fracking, Reuters, Exxon Mobil, Oil, Exxon, Rex Tillerson Fracking, Drilling Regulations, Exxon Fracking, Fracking Regulations, Rex Tillerson Exxon, Green News

* Complex regulation hinders energy development, economy * State, local regulation sufficient * Shell, Statoil CEOs more conciliatory about ...

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Questions Remain After Landslide Disaster

Reuters | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: New Guinea Quarry, Video, Natural Disasters, Papua New Guinea Landslide, Exxon Quarry, Exxon Mobil, Environment, Landslides, Papua New Guinea, Reuters, Green News

* Landslide swept over quarry used for Exxon gas project * Independent expert had raised safety concerns * Call for thor...

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Apple Hits Huge Milestone

AP | BY PETER SVENSSON | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Steve Jobs, Iphone, Video, Apple, Apple Inc, Exxon Mobil, Apple Market Capitalization, Tim Cook, Apple Market Cap, S&P 500, Ipad, Apple 500 Billion, Technology News

NEW YORK — Apple's market capitalization topped $500 billion Wednesday, climbing to a mountain peak where few companies have ventured – an...

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Where Is Obama's Windfall Profits Tax On the Oil and Gas Industry?

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Corporate Profits, Exxon Mobil, Congress, Corporate Tax, Corporations, Windfall Profits Tax, Exxon Mobil Profits, American Small Business League, Corporate Influence, change.gov, Oil Profits, Oil Companies, Politics News

The promise was displayed prominently at the top of the "economy" section of Obama's campaign website. However, the language regarding the windfall profits tax vanished in an unceremonious and abrupt manner.

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Yesterday I Was Just a Sperm Cell. Now I'm a Person!

John Blumenthal | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Fallopian Highway, Supreme Court, Emily, Ovum, Prostate, Gonads, Sperm Cells, Vincent, Exxon-Mobil, President Santorum, Embryo, Republicans, Pro-Lifers, Citicorp, Humor, Satire, Personhood, Personhood Amendments, Comedy, Comedy News

Since the pro-lifers came up with this awesome personhood idea, I've been dating an ovum named Emily. She's a babe. Obviously, we can't have sex because that would form an embryo, which is a no-no, but we can do... um... everything else.

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'Green News Report' - January 31, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Chevy Volt, Fracking, Economy, West Virginia, Epa, Renewable Energy, Mitch Daniels, Regulation, Conservation, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Coal, Pipeline, Canada, Tar Sands, Video, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, California Air Resources Board, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Nanotechnology, Environmentalism, Subsidies, State Department, Barack Obama, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Keystone XL Pipeline, Conocophillips, Green News, Food, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydraulic Fracturing, China, Republicans, Exxon Valdez, Muppets, Eric Bolling, Exxon Mobil, Invasive Species, Rick Santorum, Snakes, Fox News, Florida, Bill O'Reilly, Wind Energy, United Nations, Drought, Heat Wave, Electric Cars, Illinois, Texas, James Hansen, Gmos, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Republica...

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'Green News Report' - January 24, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Nasa, Fracking, Economy, West Virginia, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Conservation, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Pipeline, Canada, Tar Sands, Video, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Environmentalism, Subsidies, State Department, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, Texas, Koch Brothers, BRAD BLOG, Keystone XL Pipeline, Green News, Hydraulic Fracturing, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, China, Republicans, Radiation, Ice Age, Oil Spill, Sotu, State of the Union, Fukushima, Nuclear Power, Exxon Mobil, Arctic, James Bond, Yellowstone Oil Spill, Food, Japan, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Capitol H...

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FUZZY MATH: Exxon Says Yellowstone Spill Involved More Oil

AP | Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: Yellowstone Oil Spill 2011, Video, Yellowstone River Oil Spill, Yellowstone Oil Spill, Exxon Mobil, Exxon, Yellowstone River, Exxon Yellowstone Oil Spill, Yellowstone Oil Spill Exxon, Green News

BILLINGS, Mont. -- Exxon Mobil says 1,509 barrels of oil spilled into the Yellowstone River during a pipeline break in Montana last summer – an ...

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Exxon Mobil Reaches Agreement With Federal Government To Continue Development In Gulf

AP | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Exxon Oil Gulf, Julia Exxon, Video, Oil Gulf, Exxon Mobil Statoil, Exxon Government, Exxon Gulf of Mexico, Exxon Mobil, Business News

NEW YORK -- Exxon Mobil Corp. and the Norwegian oil producer Statoil have reached an agreement with the federal government that will allow the compani...

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Major Oil Producers Look For New Way To Exploit Natural Gas In Alaska

Reuters | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Bp, Video, LNG Project, Oil Production, Conocophillips, Oil Exports, Exxon Mobil, Reuters, Oil, Transcanada Corp, Valdez, BP CEO Bob Dudley, North Slope, ConocoPhillips CEO Jim Mulva, Business News

(Adds quotes, details) By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - The chief executives of BP and ConocoPhillips, two of Ala...

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Venezuela To Pay Exxon Mobil Hundreds Of Millions Less Than Originally Thought

AP | By FABIOLA SANCHEZ | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Video, Venezuela, Venezuela Exxon Mobil, Exxon Mobil, Business News, Oil, Petroleos De Venezuela, Venezuela Oil, Business News

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela said Monday it has successfully defended itself in an international arbitration case brought by Exxon Mobil Corp. and ...

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Exxon Mobil Awarded Nearly A Billion Dollars In Venezuelan Dispute

Reuters | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Video, Hugo Chavez Nationalization, Reuters, Exxon Mobil, Exxon Settlement, Exxon Mobil Venezuela, Exxon Venezuela, Huge Chavez Oil, Exxon Mobil Settlement Venezuela, Business News

CARACAS, Jan 1 (Reuters) - U.S. oil giant Exxon Mobil said on Sunday an arbitration panel awarded it $908 million over a contractual dispute with Ven...

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