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Three Lessons We Still Haven't Learned 20 Years After the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

J.S. McDougall | Posted 04.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, TVA Spill, Oil Spill, Exxon Mobil, Environment, Oil, Exxon Profits, TVA Disaster, Exxon Valdez, Dr. Riki Ott, Exxon Valdez Anniversary, Cordova/Alaska, Green News
J.S. McDougall

Take a 10 minute break today, on the anniversary of one of the most tragic--and still unresolved--environmental disasters of our modern energy age to reflect on three lessons.

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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
Jonathan A. Schein

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
Raymond J. Learsy

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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Exxon Mobil Reports Record $45.2 Billion Profit For 2008

AP | JOHN PORRETTO | Posted 03.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Exxon Profits, Exxon, Exxon Mobil Profits, Exxon Earnings, Exxon Mobil Earnings, Exxon Mobil, Business News

HOUSTON — Exxon Mobil Corp. on Friday reported a profit of $45.2 billion for 2008, breaking its own record for a U.S. company, even as its fourt...

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Barack Obama Needs to Stop Exxon, Before They Kill Us All

Stefan Roberts | Posted 12.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil, Exxon Profits, Special Interests, Oil Companies, Lobbyists, Barack Obama, Exxon Mobil, Green News
Stefan Roberts

What really horrifies me about ExxonMobil's record-breaking profits this quarter is not how big they are, but that the money they earn is then used by their executives to lobby congress.

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Blunt Defends Exxon's Record Profits: An "American Company Made Money"

Think Progress | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: House Minority Whip Roy Blunt, Roy Blunt, Gop Exxon Profits, Exxon Profits, Minority Whip Roy Blunt, Blunt Exxon Profits, Exxon Record Profits, Politics News

Yesterday, House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO) appeared on a C-SPAN Newsmakers roundtable and defended Exxon Mobil's recent record-setting quarterly ...

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GOP Follows the Money... All the Way to Big Oil

Matthew Miller | Posted 08.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Senate, Dscc, Big Oil, Oil Companies, Republicans, Exxon Mobil, Oil, Exxon, Exxon Profits, Business News
Matthew Miller

Big Oil makes record profits, and in turn, sends millions more back into Republican campaigns. Everyone wins except for average Americans who find themselves paying record high gas prices.

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Awash In Profits, Exxon Extracting Every Penny From Its Franchisees

Washington Post | Steven Mufson | Posted 06.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Gas Prices, Exxon, Exxon Mobil, Exxon Profits, Gas Stations, Exxon Franchise, Business News

Every time Sohaila Rezazadeh rings up a sale at her Exxon station on Chain Bridge Road in Oakton, her cash register sends the information to Exxon Mob...

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Exxon Posts Record Profits on Oil Prices

AP | JOHN PORRETTO | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Record Oil Prices, Exxon Profits, Oil Prices, Quarterly Profits, Oil, Exxon, Exxon Mobil, Business News

HOUSTON — Exxon Mobil Corp. posted the largest annual profit by a U.S. company _ $40.6 billion _ on Friday as the world's biggest publicly trade...

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