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ALEC and ExxonMobil Push Loopholes in Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rules

Cora Currier, ProPublica. April 27, 2012.

In many states, the chemical make-up of fluid pumped into the ground while fracking is shielded from the public, thanks to laws promoted by ALEC and Exxon Mobil.

Exxon Pays a Lower Effective Tax Rate than the Average American

Valeri Vasquez, Center for American Progress. May 11, 2011.

Exxon Mobil's accounting methods mask its low effective tax rate: it claims taxes that are paid by others, such as drivers at the pump and employee payroll taxes.

GOP Chooses Big Oil at the Expense of Granny

Jim Hightower, AlterNet. May 4, 2011.

Exxon's taxes were actually less than zero! Big Oil's lobbyists have so skewed the system that Exxon was able to extract a $156 million rebate from us taxpayers last year.

Will BP Be Held Responsible? Not if Senator Lisa Murkowski Can Help It

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. May 21, 2010.

Lisa Murkowski gets hundreds of thousands of dollars from the industry she's now charged with interrogating. What will this mean for the BP cleanup?

Why Are Exxon Mobil and XTO Energy Meeting With Congress? (Hint: It May Be About Drilling in the Marcellus Shale)

Adam Federman, Earth Island Journal. January 14, 2010.

As Congress reviews the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing, that could have big impacts on Exxon's acquisition of XTO Energy.

Shocker: Exxon Mobil Violates the Law

Steven D., August 19, 2009.

I'm positively shocked, shocked I tell you!

Chomsky: Bush & Cheney Always Saw Iraq as a Sweetheart Oil Deal

Noam Chomsky, Khaleej Times Online. July 12, 2008.

U.S. war planners want an obedient client state that will house major U.S. military bases, right at the heart of the world's major energy reserves.

"Green" Stadium Named "ExxonMobil Nationals Park?"

ZP Heller, Brave New Films. July 10, 2008.

Not if the campaign to Strike Out Exxon has something to say.

Big Oil Returns to Iraq

Patrick Cockburn, The Independent UK. June 21, 2008.

The return of the four major Western oil companies will be greeted with dismay by many Iraqis who fear losing control of their vast oil reserves.

Bernie Sanders: \"Guess Which 10 Companies Aren\'t Paying Their Share\"

theChild, Daily Kos December 31, 1969.