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'Green News Report' - April 26, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Green Jobs, Epa, Regulation, Green News Report, Green Energy, Climate Scientists, Video, Solar Energy, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Dow Chemical, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Green News, Sustainability, Natural Gas, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Ice Melt, Wind Energy, Roundup, Antarctica, David Cameron, Exxonmobil, Factory Farms, Clean Energy, Herbicides, Pollution, Coal, Monsanto, Drought, Nuclear, Stephen Chu, Britain, Sea Level Rise; Chernobyl, Iea, Corn, Oil Profits, Agent Orange, Toxic Chemicals, Donald Trump, Wildfires, International Energy Agency, Ice Sheets, Jimmy Fallon, Slow Jam the News, Green News

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Pain at the Pump: Time to Embrace the New Normal

Kelly Rigg | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Gas Prices 2012, High Gas Prices, Obama Gas Prices, Europe Gas, Record Gas Prices, Pain at the Pump, Oil Prices, Rising Oil Prices, Oil Profits, Rising Gas Prices, Green News

The fact is Americans pay less for gasoline than virtually any other OECD country, while Europeans generally pay amongst the highest prices in the world -- not just amongst OECD countries but amongst all countries.

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Where Is Obama's Windfall Profits Tax On the Oil and Gas Industry?

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Corporate Profits, Exxon Mobil, Congress, Corporate Tax, Corporations, Windfall Profits Tax, Exxon Mobil Profits, American Small Business League, Corporate Influence, change.gov, Oil Profits, Oil Companies, Politics News

The promise was displayed prominently at the top of the "economy" section of Obama's campaign website. However, the language regarding the windfall profits tax vanished in an unceremonious and abrupt manner.

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A Smart Way to Start Rebuilding America

Carl Pope | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Energy Subsidies, Oil, Congress, Oil Subsidies, Transportation, Infrastructure Funding, Infrastructure, Oil Industry, Big Oil, Oil Profits, Green News

There really is no shortage of ways to fund our transportation infrastructure -- if the oil industry and foreign oil producers pay their fair share.

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Oil Bash: Dems Hit GOP Again For Guarding Record Profits, Tax Breaks

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Dscc, Video, Oil Tax Breaks, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Oil, Oil Profits, Elections 2012, Oil Profits Republicans, Nrsc, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Big Oil Profits, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Democrats' Senate campaign committee is making good Thursday on its promise to try to tar several GOP contenders with their votes pr...

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Big Oil's Gain is Our Pain

Alan Fein | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Oil Profits, Gas Prices, Crude Oil Prices, Big Oil, American Petroleum Institute, Oil Companies, Business News

American corporations, including Big Oil, don't need more tax breaks to "create jobs." It's time we call Big Oil and the Republican Tea Party on their nonsense.

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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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Exxon's Bottom Line Greatly Benefits From Rising Oil Prices

Posted 06.28.2011

Read More: Exxon Mobile Profits, Oil Prices 2011, Exxon Mobil, Oil Profits, Exxon First Quarter, Oil Company Profits, Wall Street Exxon, Business News

Exxon Mobil Corp's quarterly profit rose a better-than-expected 69 percent as the world's largest publicly traded oil company benefited from highe...

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It's A R-Oil Wedding For GOP And Petroleum Industry, Dems Charge (UPDATE)

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 06.28.2011

Read More: Republicans Oil, Oil Subsidies Republicans, Boehner Oil, John Boehner, Oil Subsidies, Dccc, Speaker Boehner, Oil, Oil Prices, Oil Profits, DCCC Ads, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Democrats are taking a cheeky shot at Republicans pegged to the pending regal nuptials in England, popping up a new website that dubs th...

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BP Oil Spill

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Profits, Beach Cleanup, Bp, Gulf Oil Spill, Politics News

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Oil Execs Called To Testify Before Congress On Gulf Coast Spill, Consumer Pricing

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ed Markey, Gas Prices, Oil Spill, Oil Profits, Green News, Oil, Deepwater Horizon, Markey Oil, Energy Policy, Oil Companies, Green News

The House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming has called the chief executives of America's top five oil companies to testify on...

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BP, (Foul) Flavor Of The Month

Stephen Herrington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government, Goldman Sachs, Bp, Cia, Corporations, Free Speech, Oil Profits, Oil, Free Trade, Gulf Oil Spill, Corporate Greed, Business, Politics News

It might be more appropriate to treat mega companies as hostile nations rather than as peers of a mom and pop drive-in theater chain in Texas.

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Chevron Seeks Money from Wounded and Tortured Protesters

David Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights Violations, Big Oil, Chevron Nigeria, Chevron Corp, Oil Profits, Nigeria Oil, Los Angeles Times, Chevron Protesters, Chevron, Chevron Human Rights, Shot Protesters, Chevron Nigeria Lawsuit Reimbursement, World News

Just what is Chevron trying to prove with these actions? Do they really need the money, which includes $190,000 in photocopying charges, and that accounts for less than a rounding error for the company?

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

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

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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Bush By The Numbers: Harper's Index Says Goodbye

Harpers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Profits, 2000 Election, Harper's Magazine, George W. Bush, Media News

Number of news stories from 1998 to Election Day 2000 containing "George W. Bush" and "aura of inevitability": 206 Amount for which Bush successful...

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Venezuela's Oil Income 225 Percent Higher In Early 2008

AP | RACHEL JONES | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hugo Chavez, Venezuela Oil Profits, Venezuela, Oil, Oil Prices, Oil Profits, Business News

CARACAS, Venezuela — Record prices boosted Venezuela's oil income by 225 percent in the first nine months of 2008, allowing the state-run oil co...

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Obama And Oil Companies: Did The President-Elect Just Break His First Campaign Promise?

Mother Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Barack Obama, President Obama, Environment, Oil, Oil Prices, 2008 Campaign, Oil Profits, Oil Companies, Green News

Did Barack Obama just break his first campaign promise? On the campaign trail, Obama railed against big oil companies. He often criticized John McC...

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"Fisherma'am" Proposes 28th Amendment: Separation Of Corporation And State

Chelsea Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Corporations, 28th Amendment, ExxonMobil Profits, Corporate Greed, Oil, Exxonmobil, Exxon, Oil Profits, Corporatocracy, Exxon Valdez, Dr. Riki Ott, Green News

Every so often an idea comes along that rings with such clarity and purpose that it ignites the imaginations of millions of people. That spark of exci...

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ExxonMobil Posts Biggest Quarterly US Profit In History

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil, Oil Prices, Oil Profits, Exxonmobil, Exxon, ExxonMobil Profits, Record-Breaking Oil Profits, Business News

HOUSTON - Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's largest publicly traded oil company, says it shattered its own record for the biggest profit from operations ...

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Shell Profits Rise 22 Percent

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Prices, Gas Prices, Shell, Shell Profits, Oil Profits, Economy, Business News

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Europe's largest oil company, Thursday reported a 22 percent jump in net profit for the third qu...

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Oil Business Not So Bad: BP Posts 83 Percent Profit Growth

AP | EMILY FLYNN VENCAT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil, Oil Prices, Recession, Bp, Oil Companies, Oil Profits, Financial Crisis, Business News

LONDON — British oil company BP PLC reported a huge 83-percent rise in third-quarter net profit Tuesday on the back of surging energy prices bet...

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Project FREE: The Next Apollo Program Both Candidates Should Embrace

Eric Greenberg and Karl Weber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Profits, Oil, Green Energy, Project Free, Alternative Energy, Hydrogen Power, Green News

The next administration should implement a massive national program to innovate the next generation of carbon-emission-free energy based on hydrogen, fusion, or other technologies.

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The October Surprise Shouldn't Come as One

Trey Ellis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, Kbr, Blackwater, Halliburton, Oil Profits, Chuck Hagel, Jim Webb, 2008 Election, War Profiteering, Barack Obama, Politics News

What will it be? A nod to Israel to bomb Iran? An American-engineered coup in Pakistan? Whatever it is, it is coming and if Obama intends to weather the dirty trick he will have to be prepared.

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More US Oil Drilling: A Boom for Big Oil, A Bust for Consumers

Mark Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Profits, Oil Prices, Domestic Drilling, Oil, Gasoline Prices, Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America, Green News

More domestic drilling means more product for oil companies to sell at the high world market price. The consumer doesn't see a cent, while oil companies rake in even more cash.

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Big Oil Big on Profits, Small on American Values

Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Progressive Values, Big Oil, Climate, Oil Profits, Renewable Energy, Oil Prices, Climate Change, Progressive Movement, Oil Companies, Global Warming, Green News

Until oil companies start acting like they are on the American team and help us reduce ALL oil consumption, I will be glad we have lots of grassroots advocacy campaigns to keep the pressure on them.

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