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The oil industry has begun reporting its huge profits from this past year. Exxon Mobil Corp announced on Tuesday that it had its highest-ever annual profit, pulling in $55.7 billion in 2022. Spiking the prices of gas during a pandemic, while blaming it...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Tue Jan 31, 2023 at 10:26 AM PST
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Just in case you were looking for someone new to boycott ... I won’t be buying any planes (Boeing, Lockheed Martin) anytime soon, so I guess it’s gonna be Home Depot and UPS. Wish I could boycott Blue Cross Blue Shield, but our country’s very strange...
by winfong
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on Thu Nov 10, 2022 at 02:05 PM PST
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We often talk about how the fossil fuel industry uses philanthropy as a means to benefit their bottom line by shaping potential regulations and public opinion. And if you don’t believe us, despite the ample evidence, you’re in luck: now we have...
by ClimateDenierRoundup
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on Thu Jun 13, 2019 at 07:06 AM PDT
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Early in March, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed documents that showed that ExxonMobil’s former CEO Rex Tillerson had communicated using an alias email account. The alias name on Tillerson’s account was “Wayne Tracker.” ExxonMobil’s...
by Walter Einenkel
39 comments
on Fri Jun 09, 2017 at 08:05 AM PDT
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200K Scientists Profess Man Made Climate Change; A Few Dozen Funded by the Fossil Fuel Industry Disagree
There are over 200 professional scientific organizations around the world, mostly funded by membership dues from hundreds of thousands of member...
by alterego55
12 comments
on Tue Apr 11, 2017 at 07:24 AM PDT
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Donald and Vladimir. The Art of the Biggest Deal Ever. The Arctic Dome.
It's About the Oil, Dummy, and the Con Job to End All Con jobs.
The Arctic ocean covers about 4 million square miles, an area about the size of the USA including Alaska or...
by flatmotor
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on Tue Dec 13, 2016 at 12:35 AM PST
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I cannot believe that on Meet The Press today, as just one example, I watched the head of the RNC express deep skepticism about the intelligence reports that confirm the Russian hijacking of the election. According to Trump and his conscience-less...
by Burtfrombrooklyn
60 comments
on Sun Dec 11, 2016 at 12:56 PM PST
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Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog
Just over a week before the U.S. signed the Paris climate agreement at the conclusion of the COP21 United Nations summit, President Barack Obama signed a bill into la
by Steve Horn
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on Sun Jan 03, 2016 at 01:06 PM PST
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Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog
Caught in the crosshairs of an ongoing New York Attorney General investigation exploring its role in studying the damage climate change could cause since the 1970
by Steve Horn
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on Mon Dec 14, 2015 at 03:25 PM PST
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As one who does not want a Republican in the White House in 2016, I try to refrain from divisive talk within the progressive field of candidates. I do support Bernie Sanders for President, but I do ...
by rvande88
67 comments
on Thu Oct 01, 2015 at 08:03 PM PDT
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Exxon-Mobil is Standard Oil. Exxon was Esso, Standard Oil of New Jersey. Mobil was Standard Oil of New York.
Full Disclosure: Both of my parents worked at Mobil after their divorce. Mother gets a ...
by aoeu
9 comments
on Sun Sep 21, 2014 at 10:26 AM PDT
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Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog
On Friday May 30, just a few days before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced details of its carbon rule proposal, the Obama Administration awarded ...
by Steve Horn
9 comments
on Tue Jun 03, 2014 at 06:07 PM PDT
with 17 Recommends
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Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog
During his two-day visit this week to Kiev, Ukraine, Vice President Joe Biden unfurled President Barack Obama’s “U.S.Crisis Support Package for Ukraine.”
A key ...
by Steve Horn
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on Wed Apr 23, 2014 at 01:43 PM PDT
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MCW Enterprises Ltd., a Canada-based corporation, announced on Nov. 19 that it has received all necessary permits to streamline tar sands extraction at its Asphalt Ridge plant located in Vernal, ...
by Steve Horn
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on Wed Nov 21, 2012 at 10:10 AM PST
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WABC monitoring, on the Ides of March.
Also includes a trip through Don Imus.
Today, Rush Limbaugh did a ninety minute ad for a new sponsor. While bashing the alternative fuel research of one ...
by kravitz
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on Thu Mar 15, 2012 at 11:05 AM PDT
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by Mark Fiore
36 comments
on Thu May 26, 2011 at 06:50 AM PDT
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Most Companies face the common dilemma of how to best minimize their Risks, while somehow, managing to make a Profit. It's what makes 'Starting a Business' a Risky proposition for most folks -- ...
by jamess
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on Wed Jun 16, 2010 at 02:59 PM PDT
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Hello, Kossacks!
A friend of mine, Susan Dodd, is currently writing a book on the tragic Ocean Ranger offshore drilling accident that killed ...
by StepLeftStepForward
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on Mon Jun 14, 2010 at 05:31 AM PDT
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Joe it seems was more than a bit worried about "Spreading Around The Wealth" Socialisim..!
Exxxon-Mobil may have just now allayed Joe's concerns..
Yet Again, Exxon Breaks Its Record ...
by Johnny Rapture
21 comments
on Fri Oct 31, 2008 at 08:06 AM PDT
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The ongoing display of new wealth and power consumption by the Chinese during the Beijing Olympics adds a new wrinkle to the discussion on U.S. Middle East policy: Why did we attack Iraq, and what ...
by Party Boy
12 comments
on Fri Aug 22, 2008 at 10:53 AM PDT
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