On AlterNet: oil companies

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Bill McKibben: Climate Denial Is Creating "The Great Carbon Bubble"

Bill McKibben, TomDispatch.com. February 9, 2012.

Telling the truth about climate change would require pulling away the biggest punchbowl in history. That's why the fight is so pitched.

5 Things You Need to Know About Prop 23 -- Big Oil's Shady Ploy to Thwart a Climate Change Measure

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. October 30, 2010.

Out-of-state oil giants and Tea Party financiers are hoping to knock California off its groundbreaking clean energy track.

Pentagon Hands Iraq Oil Deal to Shell

Nick Turse, AlterNet. October 2, 2008.

The U.S. government secretly facilitated dealings between Shell and the Iraqi Oil Ministry for no-bid contracts.

How a Bill Becomes a Law (John McCain Edition)

General JC Christian, Jesus' General. August 5, 2008.

McCain's energy plan: dirty money with oil all over it.

Confused about global warming? Thank ExxonMobil

Tara Lohan, January 4, 2007.

Tara Lohan: The petro giant was nabbed again in their plot to misinform the American people and muddy the scientific waters.

How Fox Pushes Energy Subsidies and Tax Breaks -- But Only For Oil Companies

Jocelyn Fong & Shauna Theel, December 31, 1969.

GOP’s ‘Responsible Spending’: Pay Oil Companies to Help Cause Disasters, Then Pay Again to Clean Them Up

Michael Conathan, December 31, 1969.