Tag Archives: oil

We Should Nationalize Big Oil

July 31, 2008 – 12:28 pm

From Boston.com’s Exxon Mobil 2Q profit sets US record, shares fall: “Exxon Mobil Corp. reported second-quarter earnings of $11.68 billion Thursday, the biggest profit from operations ever by any U.S. corporation…Revenue rose 40 percent to $138.1 billion from $98.4 billion in the year-earlier quarter…Setting U.S. profit records has become commonplace for Irving-based Exxon Mobil. The [...]

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Patagonia Plans Ahead

February 11, 2008 – 11:41 am

From TreeHugger.com’s The TH Interview: Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia: “I mean, there’s no way I could do a plan for this company and say, ‘What’s this place going to be like by 2020?’ I have no idea. I just know that since we’re running out of petroleum, we better stop being dependent on making [...]

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Moped Madness

April 24, 2006 – 05:33 pm

Want to get me a graduation present that is fun and ethical? Well, the Christian Science Monitor is reporting on a new ‘moped madness’ that might point you in the right direction. Apparently, “the moped and its bigger, flashier cousin, the scooter, are swarming out of Jimmy Carter’s America and into George W. Bush’s [...]

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