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Queens Crap (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
From the Daily News : Five polluters are on the hook for a proposed Superfund cleanup of Newtown Creek, federal officials said. The corporations - oil companies Exxon Mobil, Chevron and BP; gas company National Grid, and mining company Phelps Dodge - are working on a deal to pay for the investigation phase of the cleanup. The group had been in talks with the state since Attorney General Andrew Cuomo...
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Rising Hegemon (Free subscription) | yesterday
Found at the Great Orange Satan , this 1962 advertisement from Humble Oil (which through various mergers ended up being part of Exxon-Mobil -- so truth in advertising is certainly here in spades). Mission Accomplished and all that.
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said it will again hear arguments in the nearly 15-year legal battle over accusations that Exxon Mobil Corp. loaded abandoned wells with junk, sludge and even explosives to keep other companies from drilling there.
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Daily Kos (Free subscription) | yesterday
Via Grist , the caption reads "EACH DAY HUMBLE SUPPLIES ENOUGH ENERGY TO MELT 7 MILLION TONS OF GLACIER!" Reportedly from a 1962 edition of Life Magazine -- no way to tell for sure without an original copy of that edition. Humble Oil merged with Standard Oil which underwent various name and organizational changes, to eventually become Exxon-Mobil , the world's largest energy company and...
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Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
DALLAS - The Texas Supreme Court will again hear arguments in a 15-year legal battle over accusations that Exxon Mobil sabotaged abandoned wells to prevent others from using...
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Bellwether Green Supply Chain (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The following blog post is from Bloomberg.com and is subject to change.. A Senate measure to slow global warming calls on U.S. power plants, factories and refineries to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 20 percent through 2020, a deeper cut than approved by the House, according to a draft. The target is part of legislation prepared by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee staff for release...
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NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Five corporations - oil companies Exxon Mobil, Chevron and BP; gas company National Grid, and mining company Phelps Dodge - are working on a deal to pay for the investigation phase of the proposed cleanup of Newtown Creek.
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The West Virginia Rebel's Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The unions are all about what's best for their members-except when those things work too well : The Boston Teachers Union staunchly opposes a performance bonus plan for top teachers - launched at the John D. O’Bryant School in 2008 and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates and Exxon Mobil foundations - insisting the dough be divvied up among all of a school’s teachers, good and bad. “It’s...
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GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
By Jacob Wolinsky. With so much attention being paid to Buffett's recent acquisition of BNI (myself included), little has been written about his other recent transactions. In the third quarter of 2009, Buffett added two new positions from the Dow Jones Industrial Average, or DJIA, to Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio: Exxon Mobil and Travelers. In addition, he also doubled Berkshire's stake in Walmart....
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Brazil's state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras, the largest company in the country, ranked second in a list of the 25 most profitable companies in the American continent, the consulting company Economatica said Wednesday. Last week, Petrobras announced a 4.1 billion U.S. dollars net profit in the third quarter of 2009. The amount is only below the profit registered by U.S. oil company Exxon Mobil...
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DYSPEPSIA GENERATION (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Read it. The Boston Teachers Union staunchly opposes a performance bonus plan for top teachers – launched at the John D. O’Bryant School in 2008 and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates and Exxon Mobil foundations – insisting the dough be divvied up among all of a school’s teachers, good and bad. Look for…the union label….
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NewsWatch: Energy (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The folks at Grist pointed out this 1960s ad from Humble Oil, now part of Exxon Mobil. Even if Exxon was still headed by Lee Raymond and he was vociferously denying man-made-climate change, I don't think this ad would fly...
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The Agitator (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The Boston teacher’s union is blocking an incentive bonus for exceptional teachers sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates and Exxon Mobil foundations unless the bonuses are distributed equally among all teachers, good, bad, and average. Last July in Reason, I wrote about Massachusetts’ latest cunning plan [...]
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Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The Boston teacher's union is blocking an incentive bonus for exceptional teachers sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates and Exxon Mobil foundations unless the bonuses are distributed equally among all teachers, good, bad, and average. Last July I wrote about Massachusetts' latest cunning plan to stop failing schools: come up with a new word for failure. (Thanks to Chris Berez for the link.)
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SeekingAlpha Energy Stocks (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Jessica Johnson submits: Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK.A ) disclosed a stake in Exxon Mobil ( XOM ) and Nestle ( NSRGY.PK ). The short base (percentage of shares outstanding on loan from the total available lending pool) in Exxon is low but has dropped sharply in past week from 0.24 to 0.19%. This represents a quarter of the total shares available for borrowing. Complete Story »...
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investid | 05/09/2008
Investorideas.com Green Investor Audio Series; Interview with Nancy Floyd, Founder and Managing Director of Nth Power POINT ROBERTS, Wash., Delta B.C., September 5, 2008 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, one of the first online investor resources providing in-depth information on renewable energy, greentech and water, provides interested investors a recent audio interview with Nancy Floyd, Founder and Managing