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Why We Need the 28th Amendment to the Constitution: Separation of Corporation and State (VIDEO)

Chelsea Green PublishingNovember 11, 2008.
Marine biologist, author, fisherma'am, and Exxon Valdez survivor, Dr. Riki Ott has a new vision that can help save American communities.

McCain Visits Offshore Rig to Prove Loyalty to Big Oil

Matt, Think Progress AlterNet: Election 2008. August 19, 2008.
McCain visits oil platform owned by chevron, the same company his National Finance Co-Chairman lobbies for.

Guess Who Pays for Mainstream Media Political News?

Matt Stoller, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. August 14, 2008.
From the you-can't-be-serious file.

Exxon's Profits so Disgusting Even O'Reilly Isn't Buying Right-Wing Excuses

Staff, Think Progress AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. August 5, 2008.
Yes, that O'Reilly.

Supreme Court Dashes Hopes for Justice Against Exxon

Riki Ott, AlterNet. July 8, 2008.
The people of Cordova, Alaska were screwed once by Exxon in 1989 and then again by the Supreme Court last month.

Supreme Court Slashes Damages for Exxon Valdez Spill

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. June 25, 2008.
The incredible shrinking settlement: How a $5 billion jury award dwindled to $500 million in the courts.

Shelling Out For Shell

Laura Flanders, Firedoglake AlterNet: War on Iraq. June 20, 2008.
No-Bid Iraq Oil Contracts Rewards for "Free" Advice to Ministry.

Exxon, Oil Giants Prepared To Sign No-Bid Oil Deals in Iraq

Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: War on Iraq. June 19, 2008.
No-bid contracts "unusual" for the industry, experts say.

The REAL McCain: Big Oil Fuels the Straight Talk Express

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. June 17, 2008.
McCain will sell his soul to the oil industry today in Texas.

It's the Obscene Profits, Stupid! Exxon's Enormous Gains from the U.S. Keep Growing

Nomi Prins, The Wip. May 6, 2008.
Exxon is working to assure that whoever gets into the Oval Office doesn't try to tax some of their profits away.

Exxon's Deadly Legacy Lives on for Fishermen

John Platt, AlterNet. March 24, 2008.
Nineteen years after their disaster spill, Exxon's trying shirk responsibility.

How to Tell Greenwashing from Real Corporate Responsibility

Javier Sierra, Sierra Club. March 7, 2008.
A look at corporations like Exxon, Chevron, Target, Google and others.

Aboard the Condoleezza Rice

Robert Scheer, Truthdig. February 13, 2008.
Clearly, what's good for big oil isn't good for most Americans. So why are the interests of oil companies mistaken for those of the nation?

The Market Itself Won't Curb Our Oil Addiction

Charlie Cray, Huffington Post. December 11, 2007.
We must look elsewhere if we want to stave off an energy crisis.

Shocking: 18 Years on and Exxon Still Won't Pay $2.5 Billion for Valdez Oil Spill

Riki Ott, AlterNet. November 5, 2007.
And now the Supreme Court has agreed to hear Exxon try to explain why it shouldn't pay.

EarthTalk: ExxonMobil's Climate Contrarians

E MagazineApril 30, 2007.
How ExxonMobil paid scientists and economists to write articles trying to de-bunk global warming.

Target Global Warming, Target Exxon

Paul Rogat Loeb, Foreign Policy in Focus. April 23, 2007.
There's still serious denial about the need to take immediate action on climate change. And to dismantle the architecture of this denial means taking on the key role of ExxonMobil.

Top 10 People Most Affected by Election 2006

Nomi Prins, AlterNet. November 17, 2006.
Rummy gets the boot and Paris Hilton gets richer.