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Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street and the Tolling of the Bell For America's Meritocracy

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Gas Prices, Goldman Sachs, Exxon, Morgan Stanley, Wall Street, Bill Gates, Capitalism, Citigroup, The Bailouts, American Meritocracy, Business News

American capitalism has now become rotten to the core. Gone is the American capitalist impulse's unique sense of fair play and adherence to a level playing field, accessible to all.

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Exxon Mobil Contaminated Drinking Water Wtih Gasoline Additive, Owes NYC $105 Million: Jury

AP | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York

Read More: Water Contamination, Gas Companies, Queens, Exxon Mobil, Exxon, Groundwater, Exxon Mobil Drinking Water, Gasoline Additive, Exxon Mobil Liable, Drinking Water, New York City, New York News

NEW YORK — A jury has found Exxon Mobil liable for contaminating New York City's groundwater with a gasoline additive and has awarded the city $...

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What Am I Going To Do With The Rest Of My Life?

Julia Moulden | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Exxon, Bill Drayton, Changemakers, David Bornstein, Julia Moulden, Careers, New Radicals, The Giving Life, Ashoka, Living News

Bill Drayton is the world's best-kept secret. Have you heard of him or the organization he started nearly thirty years ago, the Ashoka Foundation? I confess that until recently I hadn't either. Yet Ashoka has helped millions of people around the world.

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Other Economists in the Room

Jane Smiley | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: New York Times Magazine, No-Nothing, External Costs, Dickens, Marx, The Shock Doctrine, Hoover Institution, Trollope, Amazon, Palo Alto, Alan Greenspan, Finance, Keynes, Communist Manifesto, Proust, Oil, New York Times, Exxon, Frued, Kiev, Paul Krugman, Business News

I don't disagree with Paul Krugman, but he is missing out on some big issues that also need to be discussed and understood before we actually know what is going on in our world.

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Oil and Coal Companies to Begin Huge Scuba Giveaway

Jerry Cope | Posted 09.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Marsh-Fork-Elementary, Rising Sea Level, Mountaintop Removal, Massey Energy, Climate Change, Exxon, Daryl Hannah, James Hansen, Coal, Humanitarian Aid, Global Warming, Tuvalu, cop15, Exxonmobil, Satire, Green News

After years of climate change denial, a consortium of energy industry giants led by ExxonMobil and Massey Energy are launching a global campaign to provide island nations with equipment to combat rising sea levels.

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ExxonMobil Pleads Guilty To Killing Birds

AP | Posted 09.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Birds, Exxon Mobil, Exxon, Animals, Exxon Mobil Bird Killing, Green News

WASHINGTON — Exxon Mobil Corp. pleaded guilty to killing migratory birds in five states, and will pay about $7,000 for each bird killed, Justice...

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Townhall Mobs -- Brought to You by Big Oil and Dirty Coal

Josh Dorner | Posted 09.07.2009 | Green

There's considerable evidence that these astroturf corporate lobbying operations are also trying to derail clean energy jobs legislation.

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Exxon Spends More On Lobbying Than Entire Clean Energy Industry Combined

treehugger.com | Posted 08.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil, Exxon, Exxon Lobbying, Clean Energy, Oil Lobby, Green Energy, Alternative Energy, Energy, Green News

Guess it pays to be the biggest oil company in the world--even though their profits are at the lowest they've been in six years, Exxon still managed t...

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Exxon To Invest Millions To Make Fuel From Algae

nytimes.com | JAD MOUAWAD | Posted 08.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Gas, Biofuels, Evolving Energy Tech, Biofuel, Green, Oil, Environment, Algae, Exxon, Green Energy, Algae Biofuel, Green News

Exxon plans to announce an investment of $600 million in producing liquid transportation fuels from algae -- organisms in water that range from pond s...

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150 Years

Robert Weissman | Posted 07.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Corporate Crime, Bhopal, Alien Tort Claims Act, Exxon, Bernard Madoff, Madoff Victims, Climate Change, Big Tobacco, Exxon Valdez, Business News

The 150-year sentence is headline grabbing, but what should surprise us is not that Madoff got such a long sentence, but that other corporate criminals escape with no criminal prosecution at all.

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Exxon To Pay Interest On Valdez Oil Spill Damages

AP | MARY PEMBERTON | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Exxon, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Valdez Oil Spill, Green News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. has decided not to appeal hundreds of millions of dollars in interest on punitive damages result...

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Court Orders $507.5 Million Damages In Exxon Valdez Spill

AP | MARK THIESSEN | Posted 07.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Exxon, Pollution, Exxon Valdez, Green News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Exxon Mobil Corp. was ordered Monday to pay about $500 million in interest on punitive damages for the Exxon Valdez oil spil...

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Palin Matchmakes For a Gasline; A Deal With The Devil

Shannyn Moore | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tom Irwin, Governor Palin, Agia, Sarah Palin, Exxon, Transcanda, North Slope Gasline, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Politics News

Governor Sarah Palin is sleeping with the enemy of many Alaskans. Her trip to Texas to discuss a merged project with TransCanada and Exxon Mobil betrays Alaskans.

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Revealed: Exxon Secret Funding of Global Warming Junk Scientists

Kert Davies | Posted 06.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Junk-Science, Exxon, Climate Change, Global Warming, Exxon Mobil, Green News

After years of denying its role in the campaign of climate denial, Exxon has revealed a dirty secret, that it has and likely still is directly funding junk scientists.

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Some Oil Companies are More Eco Friendly: Who's Fuelling Your Summer Drives?

Starre Vartan | Posted 06.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Big Oil, Sunoco, Electric Cars, Exxon Mobil, Oil, Exxon, Exxon Valdez, Shell Oil, Green News

Turns out there's a significant difference in how environmentally-friendly (or not) the oil companies are, and why shouldn't that info impact my decision about where to spend my money.

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Exxon Responds to Avaaz Spoof Ad: "We Don't Understand"

Ben Wikler | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Avaaz, Carbon Emissions, Advertising, Fossil Fuels, Climate, Exxon Mobil, Exxonmobil, Exxon, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Advocacy, Climate Bill, Green News

While ExxonMobil and other fossil fuel companies now talk a good game on climate change, they're still lobbying full-force to prevent a strong global climate treaty.

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Oil Companies Balk At Following Obama's Green Lead

New York Times | JAD MOUAWAD | Posted 05.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil Industry, Barack Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Exxon, Royal Dutch Shell, Obama Administration, Green Energy, Oil Companies, Green News

The Obama administration wants to reduce oil consumption, increase renewable energy supplies and cut carbon dioxide emissions in the most ambitious tr...

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UPDATEDPalin & Chevron; Spill Disaster in the Making UPDATED

Shannyn Moore | Posted 04.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Cook Inletkeepers, Tim-Grussendorf, Volcano, Chevron, Oil Spill, Drift River, Mount Redoubt, Tank Farm, Exxon, Wayne Anthony Ross, Green News

After months of seismic activity, rumblings, and belches, why are 6 million gallons of oil still sitting at the base of the Mt. Redoubt Volcano in Alaska?

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Drain, Baby Drain! 6 Million Gallons of Crude Oil at the Base of Erupting Volcano Could be Alaska's Next Exxon Valdez

Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker") | Posted 04.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Alaska Volcano, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Mt Redoubt, Chevron, Exxon, Cook Inlet, Cook Inlet Belugas, Big Oil, Palin, Mt. Redoubt Oil, Volcano, Sarah Palin, Cook Inletkeeper, Exxon Valdez, Anchorage-Alaska, Green News

On its 20th anniversary, we all relive the human and environmental tragedy that was the Exxon Valdez oil spill. But today, right now, Alaska faces down another threat.

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Exxon Spill -- 20 Years of Tears

Shannyn Moore | Posted 04.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Exxon, Exxon-Mobil, Alaska, Exxon Valdez 20th Anniversary, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Cordova, Exxon Valdez, Sarah Palin, Green News

Sarah Palin failed to use the national stage to plead Alaskan's case to citizens who had long forgotten the images of a once pristine Prince William Sound turned into a thick, black, rolling sea.

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Exxon Aims For Big Role In Iraq's Oil Sector

Reuters | Luke Pachymuthu | Posted 04.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Iraq Exxonmobil, Warwire, Iraq Oil Exxonmobil, Iraq Oil, War Wire, Exxonmobil, Oil, Iraq Oil Exxon, Exxon, Iraq, Iraq Exxon, Business News

Exxon Mobil Corp is in constant dialogue with Baghdad to create the investment climate that would allow it to become a significant player in Iraq's en...

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A New Movement

Amy Ephron | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, National Science Foundation, Ben Nelson, Bail-Out, Exxon, Gm, Kyoto Agreement, Gray Collar Movement, Climate Change, Amtrak, Stimulus Package, Wall Street Bailout, Economic Stimulus Package, Bank Bailout, Politics News

There is a movement to strip billions of dollars from the stimulus bill led by Ben Nelson of Omaha (whose Democratic status is debatable) and Susan Collins (Republican) of Maine.

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Had Enough?

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 03.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Gas Prices, Gas, Exxon Mobil, Oil, Oil Prices, Exxon, Exxon Profits, Price of Oil, Business News

The next time you pull up to a filling station, think about this: do we really need to help a company earn $45.2 billion in profits when the global economy is teetering on a very precarious perch?

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"Exxon Profit Down 33% in the Fourth Quarter": Please Pity Poor Exxon!

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 03.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Bush Administration, Royal Dutch Shell, George W. Bush, Exxon Mobil, American Petroleum Institute, Opec, Bush Administration Oil, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Oil Profits, Exxon Profits, Davos Oil, Davos, Oil Prices, Exxonmobil, Exxon, Bush Pol, Business News

How many Americans would have a little more in their savings accounts to see them through tough times if some new alibi didn't enshrine each new high in the price of oil?

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