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Fossil Fuel Companies Block Climate Treaty

John Passacantando | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Copenhagen 2009, US Chamber of Commerce, Exxon Mobil, President Obama, Green News
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.

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

Jackson Williams | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Age of Turbulence, Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell, Kurdistan, Exxon-Mobil, Iraq, Joe Biden, Osama Bin Laden, Ray Hunt, Hunt Oil, Kuwait, John Kerry, Kurds, Desert Storm, Oil, New York Times, Afghanistan, Iraqi Oil, Alan Greenspan, Peter Galbraith, Politics News
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.

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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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Beware the Sirens of Big Oil

Riki Ott | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Alaska-Drilling, Big Oil Profits, Big Oil, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Exxon Valdez, Exxon Mobil, Green News
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.

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Why Is CBS Lying About Climate Change?

James Boyce | Posted 11.16.2009 | Media

Read More: CBS News, Clean Energy, Barack Obama, Exxon Mobil, Obama Administration, Declan McCullagh, Cbs, Wonk Room, Global Warming, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Media News
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.

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

AP | ROD McGUIRK | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Gorgon, Australia, Exxon Mobil, Oil, Chevron, Shell, Natural Gas, Green News

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

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Lobbying The September 11 Day Of Service

Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Dave Levinthal, Congress, Lobbying, Sept. 11, Exxon Mobil, Habitat for Humanity, Planned Parenthood, Lobbyblog, Transparency, Business News

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

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

Andrew Winston | Posted 10.16.2009 | Home

Read More: LED Lights, Exxon Mobil, Lee Scott, Forbes Magazine, Green Business, Newspaper Op-Eds, Cfls, Wall Street Journal, Wal-Mart, Jeff Immelt, Ge, Home News
Andrew Winston

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

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

Jon Younger | Posted 09.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Jobs, Internships, Employees, Business, Recruiting, Management, Talent, Talent Pools, Strong Internship Programs, Ge, Internship Programs, Exxon Mobil, Enhancing Your Talent Pool, Interns, Business News
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.

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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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A Penny From Heaven

Dan Dorfman | Posted 09.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Lucky's Famous, Ibm, Dow Industrials, Tribeca Grill, Stock Market, AT&T, Exxon Mobil, British Petroleum, Intuitive Surgical Shares, Wal-Mart, Johnson and Johnson, Jpmorgan Chase Stocks, Penny Trenk, JPMorgan Chase, Four Seasons Restaurant, Wall Street, Intuitive Surgical, Nobu, McDonald's, Caterpillar, Four Seasons, New York News
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.

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

Josh Dorner | Posted 09.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Dick Armey, Dirty Coal, Clean Coal, Freedomworks, Exxon Mobil, Accce, Tea Parties, Coal, Hawthorn Group, Harry Reid, American Solutions for Winning the Future, Sierra Club, Front Groups, Americans for Prosperity, Big Oil, Bonner and Associates, Rachel Maddow, Exxon, Koch Industries, Paul Kurgman, Townhall Mobs, Newt Gingrich, Health Care, Astroturf, Green News
Josh Dorner

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

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Green News Report - August 4, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 09.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Google, Congress, Accce, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Clean Coal, Lobbyists, Exxon Mobil, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Solar Cookers, Drought, Michele Bachmann, Greenhouse Gases, Water, Waxman-Markey, Cash for Clunkers, Green News, Climate Change, Astroturf, Solar Power, Republicans, Green News
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...

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

AP | JOHN PORRETTO | Posted 08.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Exxon Stock Price, Gas Companies, Oil Companies, Exxon Mobil, Business News

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...

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The Yes Men Fix The World One Prank at a Time

Liza Weisberg | Posted 08.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Bhopal, Andy Bichlbaum, Biofuels, Halliburton, Dow Chemical, Hbo, Mike Bonanno, Exxon Mobil, HBO Documentaries, Free Market, Corporate Greed, The Yes Men, The Yes Men Fix the World, Pranks, Entertainment News
Liza Weisberg

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

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Third Screen: How Now Dow... Chemical?

Vickie Karp | Posted 08.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hbo, Politics, The Yes Men, Andy Bichlbaum, Kurt Engfehr, Bowling for Columbine, Environment, Michael Moore, Michael Bonanno, Bbc, Exxon Mobil, The Yes Men Fix the World, World Trade Organization, Halliburton, New York Times, Entertainment News
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.

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Exxon Makes First Big Investment in Biofuels

AP | JOHN PORRETTO | Posted 09.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Exxon Biofuels, Biofuels, Alternative Energy, Energy, Alternative Fuels, Exxon Mobil, Sustainability, Green Technology, Green News

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

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Green News Report - July 7, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 08.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Cell Phones, Nrcc, House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, France, Nuclear Power, Exxon Mobil, Green News, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Green News Report, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Green News
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...

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Green News Report - July 2, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 08.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Exxon Mobil, Epa, Green News Report, Exxon Valdez, Bush Administration, Waxman-Markey, California Emissions Standards, Green News, Environment, Fox News, Coal Ash, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Food Recall, Gray Wolves Endangered Species, Forests, Republicans, Green News
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:...

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

Al Jazeera | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

Read More: Bp, Shell, Big Oil, Exxon Mobil, Oil, British Petroleum, Iraq, Iraq Oil Reserves, Iraq Oil Fields, Rumaila, World News

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...

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Iraqi Oil: Companies Demand More Money To Accept Bids

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

Read More: Iraq Oil Contracts, Exxon Mobil, British Petroleum, Iraq, Oil Companies, Ongc, Iraq Oil Licensing, Business News

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...

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Big Oil Ready To Bid On Iraqi Oil Fields

Huffington Post | Morgan Korn | Posted 07.30.2009 | World

Read More: Exxon Mobil, Big Oil, Oil, Royal Dutch Shell, Baghdad, Chevron, Iraq, Oil Companies, Iraq Oil Fields, World News

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

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Green News Report - June 23, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Big Oil, Tennessee Coal Ash, Waxman-Markey, Uranium Mining, Exxon Mobil, Environment, Green News, Climate Change, Food Recall, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Green News
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...

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Palin's Pipeline From Hell

Michael Brune | Posted 07.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil, Tar Sands, Dr. James Hansen, Climate Change, Oil Imports, Big Oil, Canadian Oil Sands, Exxon Mobil, Green News
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.

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A Blue Night to Support Riverkeeper

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 07.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Empire Hotel, General Electric, Charity Organizations, Luigi Tadini, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Brian Wiley, Exxon Mobil, Waterkeeper Alliance, Riverkeeperorg, Donating to Charity, Hudson River, Green Living, Mta, New York City, Bobby Kennedy III, Water Pollution, Tap Water, Amanda Hearst, New-York-City-Tap-Water, New York, New York News
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.

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