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Argentina Moves Towards Nationalizing YPF Repsol -- Good Nationalist Ploy, Bad Business

John C.K. Daly | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Energy, Falkland Islands, Oil, Repsol YPF, Argentina, Natural Gas, Las Malvinas, Oil Company, World News, World News
John C.K. Daly

In Argentina the government of President Christina Kirchner Fernandez is moving to reclaim the YPF energy company. Looking behind the scenes, what is really driving Argentina's seemingly quixotic energy policies?

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Oil Company's Plans for 'Uncontacted' Tribe's Land

David Hill | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Peru, Uncontacted Tribes, Amazon Watch, Oil Company, Perenco, Survival International, Aidesep, Amazon Rainforest, World News
David Hill

On March 17, the Peruvian newspaper La Region published an article about an Anglo-French oil company, Perenco, and its plans to pump oil in an area kn...

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One Book Peru's Presidents Really Must Read

David Hill | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Alan Garcia, Ollanta Humala, Peru, Uncontacted Tribes, Environment, Oil Company, Brazil, Amazon, Perenco, Books News
David Hill

There's a wonderful moment in The Unconquered: In Search of the Amazon's Last Uncontacted Tribes when the author, Scott Wallace, finds himself staring at a path apparently made by indigenous people living without any contact with outsiders.

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Exxon Mobil Profits Jump On Higher Oil Prices

AP | CHRIS KAHN | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Factset, Gas Prices, Video, Oil Production, Wall Street, Stocks, Revenue, Exxon Mobil, Oil Prices, Net Income, Natural Gas, Oil Company, Business News

NEW YORK — Exxon Mobil's quarterly profit rose 41 percent because the company sold oil and natural gas at higher prices, making up for lower pro...

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Nation's Third-Largest Oil Company Will Split In Two

Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Conoco Oil, Conoco Split, Oil Industry, Fossil Fuels, Conocophillips, Oil Profits, Marathon Oil Company, Oil Splitting, Oil Company, Jim Mulva, Global Warming, Business News

(AP) NEW YORK -- ConocoPhillips, the nation's third-largest oil company, said Thursday that it will split itself into two separate publicly traded com...

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Ending Taxpayer Subsidies for Big Oil

Sen. Claire McCaskill | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Senate, U.S. Senate, Big Oil Profits, Claire McCaskill, Oil Company, Big Oil, Gas Prices, Oil Subsidies, Cost of Gas, Green News
Sen. Claire McCaskill

This week, I helped introduce the Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act in the Senate, which will take away $2 billion in annual subsidies American taxpayers hand to the most profitable corporations in the world.

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Oil Sh%& Happens: Is It Worth It?

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rex Tillerson, John McCain, Alaska, Bp, Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico, Exxon Mobil, American Petroleum Institute, Policy, Oil Reserves, BP America, Barack Obama, Exxon Valdez, Lisa Murkowski, Politics, Oil Spill, Oil Drilling, George Will, Deepwater Horizon, Oil, Oceans, Offshore Energy, Oil Company, Green News
Bill Chameides

As the deepwater oil spill arrives on the Gulf Coast, just some quotes to consider ... from John McCain to Barack Obama to George Will.

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The Power Of Political Myth

Ian Bremmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Oil Spill, Sarah Palin, State Banking, Socialism, Free Market, Capitalism, Tea Party, Oil Company, Barack Obama, China, Books News
Ian Bremmer

Over the course of my book tour, I've gotten a thousand different kinds of questions. But there are two recurring themes in some of them that I want t...

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Open Letter to Hugo Chavez Regarding the Return of Petty's Island to the Laird Kingdom

Duke Riley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Fuel Storage, Citgo, Oil, Ralston Laird, Oil Company, Duke Riley Art, Duke Riley, Duke Riley Artist, Duke Riley Chavez, Petty's Island, New York News
Duke Riley

2010-01-26-dukerileyislandchavez.jpgI decided it is only fair that Chavez be alerted that a once mighty kingdom is re-staking a claim on his land.

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'Energy Citizen' Rallies: Send Us Your Photos, Videos, And Eye-Witness Accounts

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy Citizens, Oil Company Rallies, Energy Rallies, Oil Company Picnics, Big Oil, Astroturf Rallies, Oil Company, Anti Clean Energy Rallies, Green News

Big oil companies are sponsoring "grassroots" rallies opposing clean energy reform. However, these events are hardly grassroots, and are filled with o...

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A Speech For Obama To Give... In Alaska

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Barack Obama made a campaign promise to visit the state of Alaska before the election. And what better time than right now to follow through on this promise?

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