US law says no ‘oil’ spilled in Arkansas, exempting Exxon from cleanup dues
The central Arkansas spill caused by Exxon’s aging Pegasus pipeline has reportedly unleashed 10,000 barrels of Canadian heavy crude – but a technicality says it’s not oil, letting the energy giant off the hook from paying into a national cleanup fund. RTApril 3, 2013 At least legally speaking, diluted bitumen [...]
The Strategic Importance of Keystone XL
< !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website. Presidential decisions often turn out to be far less significant than imagined, but every now and then what a president decides actually determines how the world turns. Such is the case with the [...]
Categories: Political Pulse Tags: battle, Importance, industry, Keystone, oil, President Obama, Strategic
Which Comes First: The War With Iran or The Fall of Saudi Arabia?
In light of the reader interest in the post yesterday on the impact of sanctions on Iran’s strategic options, this Real News Network interview provides a useful, if sobering, follow on (hat tip charles sereno). Lawrence Wilkerson describes which constituencies in the US, Iran, and Israel regard a conflict in [...]
Categories: Mid East Tags: iran, Iranian, oil, Saudi Arabia
U.S. Government Planned Indefinite Detention of Citizens, Suspension of Constitution, Spying on Americans And More Prior To 9/11
Source: WashingtonsBlog Indefinite Detention Is Not a New Policy The government’s claim that it can indefinitely detain American citizens living on American soil based upon a vague “suspicion” that they might be supporting or affiliated with bad guys is disturbing. But this is nothing new … J. Edgar Hoover, then-actor [...]
Categories: Government Coverups Tags: Bush, government, Iraq, oil
Demand certainly isn’t the reason for skyrocketing gas prices – Here you’ll find the real reasons.
While the underlying reasons are discusses below, the number one reason is… It is the ignorance of the voter that allows Big Energy, Wall Street, and the Politicians to continue to steal hard earned money out of their pockets faster than it comes in. Wall Street has set up a [...]
Categories: Big Oil Companies Tags: Demand, energy, oil, wall street
Google Shopping Blocks All Vitamin and Natural Product Search Results In USA
(NaturalNews) If you have ever done any sort of comparison shopping online, chances are you have probably used Google’s Shopping portal to pull up product information and compare prices. But if you live in the U.S. and try to use Google Shopping to buy vitamins, supplements, personal care products, and [...]
Categories: Internet Tags: Google Shopping, Healthy Chronicle, oil
The Oil Cartel Murders
This summer’s record drought/heat wave in the US provides cover for another banker-engineered spike in commodity prices, including crude oil. Those same corporations that funded a comprehensive campaign to attack the science behind climate change, will once again reap the windfall from climate change. Lacking serious antitrust action against the [...]
Categories: Big Oil Companies Tags: Commentary, oil, OPEC, US
Iran Helping al Qaeda for Attack Plot
“Iran has been supplying al-Qaida with training in the use of advanced explosives, funding, and a safe haven “as part of a deal first worked out in 2009 which has now led to ‘operational capacity,’” the Sky News website disclosed.” One source told Sky News: “We do know that an [...]
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The Truth About Oil Companies
Yeah, but didn’t politicians get lobbied into creating the laws that allowed them to rape the world? If gas was sold for 70cents a gallon, guess what the profit would be? 400% So three years later….
Categories: Big Oil Companies Tags: 5 big oil companies, money, oil, oil company profits, The Truth About Oil Companies
Breaking News – Exxon Profits Up 35%
Darren Goode has published a new story: Exxon profits up 35% from 2010 The larest U.S. oil company earned $41.1 billion in 2011. Read More Then lower the price of gas…
Categories: Big Oil Companies Tags: Breaking News, energy, Exxon Profits Up 35%, oil
Let’s Ban Evil “Fully Automatic” Chainsaws!
Evil Chain Saws in Action! The High – Def version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre! Maybe this will get Americas attention and they all will turn in their chainsaws. Maybe… Maybe… There will be a ‘run’ on Home Depot or Lowes? Don’t forget to stock up on oil, gas and [...]
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