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- Anti-Trump (and attempted prosecution of sceptics) AG Raked In Campaign Donations From An Oil Tycoon With Ties To Putin Thu, 24 Aug 17, 1:00pmUS Chris White Energy Reporter From The Daily Caller His fundraising efforts highlighted various legal challenges against the president have earned Schneiderman $1.7 million in contributions during the first half of...
- Anti-Trump AG Raked In Campaign Donations From An Oil Tycoon With Ties To Putin Thu, 24 Aug 17, 1:00pmUS Chris White Energy Reporter From The Daily Caller His fundraising efforts highlighted various legal challenges against the president have earned Schneiderman $1.7 million in contributions during the first half of...
- ExxonMobil wants a sanctions waiver for Russian oil project Thu, 20 Apr 17, 11:32pmThe United States imposed sanctions on Russia back in 2014 after Moscow annexed Crimea. But it appears oil giant ExxonMobil would like an exception for their own profit. They're seeking a sanctions waiver from the U.S. Treasury...
- Elon Musk actually believes Rex Tillerson could be an “excellent” Secretary of State Wed, 25 Jan 17, 9:34amTesla and SpaceX CEO met with Donald Trump on Monday, and just a day later, he’s expressing optimism about Trump’s choice for Secretary of State, former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson...
- New Exxon CEO supports Paris climate deal, carbon tax Mon, 27 Feb 17, 10:02pmThe world's largest publicly traded oil company appears to be more concerned about climate change than the President of the United States. While Donald Trump works on rolling back Obama-era environmental regulations and wants...
- The oil industry knew about dangerous climate change in the 1960s Fri, 15 Apr 16, 3:30amIt turns out the oil industry has known about climate change for decades. The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) republished a 1968 document written by two scientists at the Stanford Research Institute that...
- Exxon Mobil oil refinery explodes in Los Angeles Fri, 20 Feb 15, 2:59amAn Exxon Mobil oil refinery exploded Wednesday morning in Torrance, California, injuring four workers and taking our the windows of nearby buildings. The blast occurred at 9 am PST on Wednesday; the Torrance fire department...
- Study Shows Just 90 Companies Caused Nearly Two Thirds of Man-Made Climate Change Fri, 22 Nov 13, 1:00amPhoto of global warming via Shutterstock New research by the Climate Accountability Institute has revealed that just 90 companies are to blame for the majority of the climate change crisis...
- Shell Pulls Out of Oil-Shale Project in Colorado After Spending Millions in Exploration Fri, 27 Sep 13, 2:33amRoyal Dutch Shell PLC recently joined Chevron in its abandonment of oil-shale projects in Colorado. After spending nearly $30 million in exploration, the company decided to leave the Western Slope shale rock deposits. They...
- 10% of the World’s Largest Companies Produce 73% of Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions Tue, 17 Sep 13, 4:20amImage via Shutterstock A new study has found that just 50 corporations are responsible for 73% of the 3.6 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emitted by the world's 500 largest companies. Of the carbon-polluting corporations...
- 10% of World’s Largest Companies Produce 73% of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mon, 16 Sep 13, 11:09pmImage via Shutterstock A new study has found that just 50 corporations are responsible for 73% of the 3.6 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emitted by the world's 500 largest companies. Of the carbon-polluting corporations...
- Exxon Blames 60-Year-Old Manufacturing Defect for 290,000 Gallon Arkansas Spill Tue, 16 Jul 13, 12:27amPhoto via Shutterstock After an investigation into the rupture of the Exxon Mobil Pegasus pipeline that caused around 290,000 gallons of oil to leak into the small Arkansas town of Mayflower in March, the oil giant has issued...
- Total production by the top five oil majors has fallen by a quarter since 2004 Fri, 19 Apr 13, 5:09pmThis is a guest post by Matthieu Auzanneau, a freelance journalist in France, author of the Oil Man blog at Le Monde, where this post first appeared.
- Exxon Will Not Pay for Cleanup of 12,000 Barrels of Crude in Arkansas as Leak is Not “Oil” Fri, 5 Apr 13, 12:30amPhoto via Shutterstock Due to a thirty-year-old law, Exxon will not be paying into the federal fund that will pay for the cleanup of 12,000 barrels of crude oil that leaked from its Pegasus Pipeline in Arkansas...
- Exxon called hateful for producing value Mon, 10 Dec 12, 11:45amHow do we know that Solyndra and First Solar and Fisker Automotive and thirty other failed Obama-subsidized green energy ventures are (or were) highly moral enterprises? Because they are all going bankrupt...