Even as Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatens to take over oilfields run by ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP and Shell, he’s using his oil money to undermine the International Monetary Fund, reports Bloomberg. And while the U.S….
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Exxon in Sheeps’ Clothing
In full-page ads Feb. 17 in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, ExxonMobil rewrites history, omits any pledges of actual change and blurs Exxon’s long opposition to action on global warming. The ad…
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Half Trillion Dollar Baby
Wall Street analysts have now pegged the worth of Exxon Mobil Corporation at one half trillion dollars. The $500 billion mark is based on this breakdown of Exxon’s wealth– crude oil production (45%), refined products…
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Exxon in Sheeps’ Clothing;
NEWS RELEASE:February 16, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522 ext. 305, or cell: 213-280-0175 Oil giant lies, evades in full-page ads across the country, group says Santa Monica, CA — In full-page ads today in the…
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Investors’ Hit on Global Warming Inaction
A group of leading US investors named ExxonMobil and ConocoPhlillips to its Climate Watch List, a list of 10 companies that have been identified as lagging behind their industry peers in their responses to climate…
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Green Talk Wraps Same Old Chevron, Exxon
Chevron CEO David O’Reilly wants U.S. shorelines surveyed at half a billion dollars in taxpayer expense, then opened to more oil drilling–and he’d like to stop states like California that try to curb global warning…
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When Hired Dogs Turn On You
Big Oil, still trying to cast doubt on global warming, turned to the oil-friendly and Exxon-funded American Enterprise Institute in January to buy a "report" disputing the UN’s decisive global warming study. Big oil should…
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CNN’s Scary Guys With Guns
CNN trumpeted an exclusive on its correspondent’s venture into the conflict-torn and oil-rich Niger Delta of Nigeria, where rebel forces have escalated a campaign of kidnapping and violence against foreign oilfield workers. CNN gets some…
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Burying The Evidence
Britain’s respected newspaper The Guardian reports that scientists have been offered $10,000 by an Exxon-backed think tank to trash today’s landmark UN study finding global warming is on a collision course with life on earth…
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Smoke, Mirrors and Hot Air
An enduring January 2007 report (pdf format) by the Union of Concerned Scientists on How ExxonMobil Uses Big Tobacco’s Tactics to Manufacture Uncertainty on Climate Science.
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Record Profits from Well and Refinery Slam Motorists Twice, Group Says
NEWS RELEASE: July 25, 2006 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, (310) 392-0522 ext. 305, cell: 213 280-0175, or Doug Heller, ext. 309 BP Kicks Off Week of Profit Reports With $7.3 Billion Announcement Santa Monica, CA —…
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MTBE’s Real History
The toxic additive MTBE wasn’t forced on oil companies, they chose it. And they knew how dangerous it was. A thorough history of MTBE, rich in links, by the Enviromental Working Group. http://www.ewg.org/reports/withknowledge/ (update note:…
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New Record Profit Report For Exxon Proves Profiteering
NEWS RELEASE: April 27, 2006 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310 392-0522, ext. 305, or Doug Heller ext. 309 Refiners have no excuse for gouging at the pump, windfalls should be returned to motorists Santa Monica, CA…