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Fossil Fuel Companies Block Climate Treaty

John Passacantando | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green


John Passacantando

Missing from the mainstream media reports of the climate bill opposition are the actual names of the accomplices, who rarely get identified due to their heavy advertising budgets in some of the same publications.

Bush Oil Buddies Divvy Up Iraqi Oil, Now Joined By "Liberal Scion" Peter Galbraith

Jackson Williams | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics


Jackson Williams

Peter Galbraith, son of the famed economist, is in line to reap $100 million dollars -- maybe more -- from contracts between a Norwegian oil company and the autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq.

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

AP | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York


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 $...

Beware the Sirens of Big Oil

Riki Ott | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green


Riki Ott

My advice to coastal residents in the Lower 48: Take heed. We learned the hard way that Big Oil's promises were good only until authorizing laws were passed and permits approved.

Why Is CBS Lying About Climate Change?

James Boyce | Posted 11.16.2009 | Media


James Boyce

A CBS News correspondent who can't get his own title right makes up a number in a memo given to him by a group funded by ExxonMobil, and CBS News is wondering where the viewers are going.

Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell To Develop World's Largest Gas Field

AP | ROD McGUIRK | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green


CANBERRA, Australia — Energy giant Chevron announced on Monday that the Gorgon gas field, one of the world's largest, will be developed off nort...

Lobbying The September 11 Day Of Service

Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business


Dave Levinthal at the Center for Responsive Politics reminds us this morning that nothing in Congress goes unlobbied. The Edward M. Kennedy Serve Amer...

Exxon is Green? CFL's "Probably" Reduce Energy Use?

Andrew Winston | Posted 10.16.2009 | Home


Andrew Winston

There's a rise in ridiculous cover stories and op-eds in the green world.

The Human Element: Is Your Internship Program Helping or Hurting?

Jon Younger | Posted 09.25.2009 | Business


Jon Younger

A strong internship program is a powerful tool for attracting top talent; companies can build a strong relationship with schools or other talent pools. But they can also be a reputational WMD.

ExxonMobil Pleads Guilty To Killing Birds

AP | Posted 09.13.2009 | Green


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

A Penny From Heaven

Dan Dorfman | Posted 09.12.2009 | New York


Dan Dorfman

Penny Trenk recently pulled off the kind of financial feat that one might associate with the likes of investment whiz Warren Buffet. In sports, her feat would be like running a 4-minute mile.

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

Josh Dorner | Posted 09.07.2009 | Green


Josh Dorner

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

Green News Report - August 4, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 09.04.2009 | Green


Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

Now available on Apple iTunes! Subscribe for FREE here!... IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: The Democracy of Lobbyists; The forgeries of 'Clean Coal'... PLU...

Exxon Mobil 2Q Profit Falls 66%, Biggest Drop In Six Years

AP | JOHN PORRETTO | Posted 08.30.2009 | Business


Exxon Mobil Corp. on Thursday reported its lowest profit in nearly six years, a 66 percent plunge from the second quarter a year ago as the world's bi...

The Yes Men Fix The World One Prank at a Time

Liza Weisberg | Posted 08.27.2009 | Entertainment


Liza Weisberg

In their new HBO documentary The Yes Men Fix the World, the eponymous pranksters take aim at unapologetic free market profiteers.

Third Screen: How Now Dow... Chemical?

Vickie Karp | Posted 08.27.2009 | Entertainment


Vickie Karp

Corporations don't always do what's right. Maybe they can't. Maybe they don't want to. Maybe they want to but the shareholders wouldn't like it. Cue: The Yes Men.

Exxon Makes First Big Investment in Biofuels

AP | JOHN PORRETTO | Posted 09.08.2009 | Green


HOUSTON — Exxon Mobil Corp. said Tuesday it will make its first major investment in greenhouse-gas reducing biofuels in a $600 million partnersh...

Green News Report - July 7, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 08.08.2009 | Green


Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

Will the climate change in the Senate over climate change legislation?; ExxonMobil pays up & pays out; Universal cell phone charger for the EU, but not for you!; Nuclear Power vs. Summer...

Green News Report - July 2, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 08.02.2009 | Green


Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: California wins one for a change; Where's the beef? Recalled!; Did EPA suppress study from global warming skeptic?... PLUS:...

Iraq Oil Fields Receive One Offer; Foreign Firms Reject Government Terms

Al Jazeera | Posted 07.31.2009 | World


Iraq's long-awaited licensing round to develop some of its massive oil reserves has run into trouble as international oil and gas companies rejected a...

Iraqi Oil: Companies Demand More Money To Accept Bids

AP | Sinan Salaheddin, Associated Press Writer | Posted 07.31.2009 | Business


BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's long-awaited licensing round to develop some of its massive oil reserves stumbled Tuesday as oil and gas companies dug in their...

Big Oil Ready To Bid On Iraqi Oil Fields

Huffington Post | Morgan Korn | Posted 07.30.2009 | World


Major international oil and gas companies have flown in representatives to Baghdad in preparation for tomorrow's bidding on Iraq's decadent oil fields...

Green News Report - June 23, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green


Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT:: Saving the planet on less than 50 cents a day!; Energy companies sued for conspiracy; Do not ask for whom the Toll House co...

Palin's Pipeline From Hell

Michael Brune | Posted 07.18.2009 | Green


Michael Brune

There's a stealth dirty oil project sneaking into the U.S. It's called the Canadian Tar Sands, or as the oil industry prefers, Canadian Oil Sands. And it's being brought to you by Sarah Palin and ExxonMobil.

A Blue Night to Support Riverkeeper

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 07.14.2009 | New York


Marissa Bronfman

The skies were grey and the event was Blue but guests at the annual Riverkeeper fundraiser were feeling neither as they mingled on the pool deck of the Empire Hotel to support the charity.