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Refinery Murder Mystery

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Alon USA Energy Inc., Sunoco, U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, Bakersfield Refinery, Conocophillips, Shell, Flying J, Federal Trade Commission, Philadelphia Refinery, Lynn Laverty Elsenhans, Trainer Refinery, . Edward J. Markey, Robert A. Brady, U.S. Energy Information Adminstration, Attorney General Bill Lockyer, Marcus Hook Refinery, Ftc, Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, Hovensa, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

As fuel prices rise, companies like Sunoco and ConocoPhillips are closing the very facilities essential for producing fuels. It raises the question: why would corporations do that?

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Board Members Who Skated Away From Financial Failure, Responsibility

New York Times | GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Fdic, Patrick C. Haden, Bank of America, Economy, Robert T. Parry, Thomas P. Gerrity, Wamu, Fannie Mae, William G. Reed Jr., John K. Wulff, Sunoco, Tetra Tech, Hugh M. Grant, Indymac, Financial Crisis, William G. Reed, Paccar, Countrywide Financial, Wall Street, Management, Business News

Directors who were supposedly minding the store as disaster struck at companies like Countrywide Financial, Washington Mutual or Fannie Mae have not a...

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Too High a Price for High Octane

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Refineries, Sunoco, Exxonmobil, Sulfuric Acid, Alcoa, Myron Arnowitt, Center for American Progress, Labor Day, Octane, Chemical Security 101, Hydrofluoric Acid, Public Interest Research Group, Holly Refinery, Marathon Petroleum, Citgo, Suncor Refinery, Pirg, Paul Orum, U.S. Department of Labor, Clean Water Action, Bhopal, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

The refineries in this country still using unnecessarily hazardous hydrofluoric acid must ensure their workers and the residents of their neighborhoods live to see Labor Day 2010.

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

Starre Vartan | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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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