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Workers Battle ExxonMobil Over Safety at Baton Rouge Refinery

Roger Bybee, In These Times. May 13, 2012.

Oil giant ExxonMobil is refusing to implement safety protections for the workers at its Louisiana refinery.

How the Big Energy Companies Plan to Turn the United States into a Third-World Petro-State

Michael T. Klare, AlterNet. April 1, 2012.

Will North America become not just the next boom continent for energy bonanzas, but a new energy Third World?

Avoiding the Next Arctic Oil Disaster

Fran Hunt, Other Words. March 29, 2012.

Exxon's Valdez disaster had ruinous and enduring impacts. We could be close to catastrophe again.

Profiting From Catastrophe: If Fossil Fuel Companies Burn All Their Reserves We're Undeniably Screwed

Bill McKibben, TomDispatch.com. February 7, 2012.

Here are the facts: The business models at the center of our economy are in the deepest possible conflict with physics and chemistry.

Who Are America's Top 10 Gas Drillers?

Nicholas Kusnetz, ProPublica. September 6, 2011.

More than 14,000 oil-and-gas companies were active in the United States in 2009. But multinational giants like Exxon Mobil and BP now produce much of the nation's gas.

Naomi Klein: The Real Reason Why Exxon's Oil Spilled into Yellowstone River

Naomi Klein, NaomiKlein.org. July 27, 2011.

Global warming's possible role in a Montana environmental disaster.

Vision: Building a World That Can Run Without Fossil Fuels Will Be the Challenge of Our Lifetimes

Richard Heinberg, AlterNet. May 15, 2011.

After a college invited ExxonMobil's CEO to do a commencement address, outraged students instead invited Richard Heinberg. Here's what he had to say about life after oil.

Obama Needs to Handle Big Oil Better Than His Predecessors, or BP Will Get Off the Hook for Its Mess

Antonia Juhasz, Dollars and Sense. July 29, 2010.

If BP is not forced to pay for its crimes, the oil industry will remain undeterred.

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?

Climate Denialism a 20-Year-Old Industry?

Stacy Feldman, SolveClimate. March 30, 2010.

According to a new report by Greenpeace, companies like Exxon-Mobil have spent millions over several decades to bolster climate denial groups.

Report Warns Oil Sands Investors of Toxic Waste Water's Financial Risk

David Sassoon, SolveClimate. March 16, 2010.

A handful of companies are at a financial disadvantage because of their exposure to waste water remediation liabilities. Others, like Chevron, will remain relatively unaffected.