The coal industry distributes coloring book brainwashing kids on coal and recruiting them to create coal clubs.
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Fake Faces Of Coal
August 28th, 2009
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Well, this is unusually incompetent astroturf from big business. A site supposedly about the “Faces” of people supporting the coal industry is composed entirely of stock photos. Not a single one is a true “face” of coal.
Drill Baby Drill: Australia Edition
August 23rd, 2009
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Yeah, lets do this.
A leaking Australian oil well is likely to pour oil into the Timor Sea for nearly two months before it can be stopped, the operator said on Sunday, as environmentalists expressed grave fears for rare wildlife.
Rig operator PTTEP Australasia said it planned to drill a relief well and pour mud to stop [...]
Oil Industry Bans Flags At Astroturf Rally
August 20th, 2009
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At a ‘grassroots’ rally organized by the American Petroleum Institute in Houston on Tuesday, activists bearing American flags were turned away. Oil company employees were bused in to the ‘Energy Citizens’ gathering to hear billionaire Drayton McLane Jr. attack President Barack Obama’s clean energy agenda as an economy-destroying energy tax.
Drill, Baby, Drill = Earthquakes?
June 14th, 2009
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Hmmmmmmm.
The earth moved here on June 2. It was the first recorded earthquake in this Texas town’s 140-year history — but not the last. There have been four small earthquakes since, none with a magnitude greater than 2.8. The most recent ones came Tuesday night, just as the City Council was meeting in an emergency [...]
Economy Not So Bad For Some Industries, Apparently
January 25th, 2009
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The oil industry still has enough cash to send conservative bloggers on junkets, apparently.
Steven Chu: Obama Pick For Energy Secretary
December 10th, 2008
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Reuters: “Obama will also nominate Steven Chu, director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, as his energy secretary, a Democratic Party official said.”
>> Steven Chu: Nobel Prize in Physics 1997
>> Video: “Steven Chu proposes an aggressive research program to transform the existing and future energy systems of the world away from technologies that emit greenhouse [...]
Why Are They Running Out Of Gas In Georgia?
September 26th, 2008
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I’m not kidding. I heard via my cousin and aunt who live down there that they’re having trouble getting gas – and when they do get it it’s up to something like $4.10 a gallon.
I haven’t seen anything about it in the national news, however.
Justice Department: A Wholly Owned Subsidiary Of Big Oil
September 12th, 2008
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DRILL, Baby, DRILL.
Senior Justice Department officials blocked the U.S. attorney in Colorado from supporting a whistleblower’s suit last year, jeopardizing the government’s prospects for recovering as much as $40 million from a major oil company for its alleged underpayment of royalties.
U.S. Attorney Troy Eid said Washington overruled his request to enter the case against the [...]
Drill Baby Drill?
September 12th, 2008
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Yes, we need to multiply the existing rot times 10,000. More of the same.
Interior Department Ethics Scandal Is The Sort Of Thing John McCain Wants To Continue
September 10th, 2008
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This must have been what the GOP conventioneers meant when they said drill, baby, drill.
As Congress prepares to debate expansion of drilling in taxpayer-owned coastal waters, the Interior Department agency that collects oil and gas royalties has been caught up in a wide-ranging ethics scandal — including allegations of financial self-dealing, accepting gifts from energy [...]
Colorado Senate Candidate Bob Schaffer Cries For The Poor Oil Companies
August 17th, 2008
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He’s oh so upset at the government apparently somehow making money off of the oil industry’s record profits. Or something.
Oil Prices Rise Due To Threat Of Tropical Storm Fay
August 17th, 2008
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Yes, it is sure a good idea to leave our energy future up to a bunch of oil rigs in the ocean.
Planet Fakey Strikes Again
August 12th, 2008
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The twittering astroturfers on the right call for a march on Washington to demonstrate their support for oil companies. If only they cared as much about our country as they do the big industries they shill for. And why can’t the modern conservative movement do any better than astroturf? The evangelical right may have been [...]
Exxon John: Tax Breaks For Big Oil… Not For Wind Power
August 12th, 2008
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Well, the thing is the oil industry has made a multimillion dollar investment in John McCain and now they’re looking for a return on that.
Apollo Is Calling
August 7th, 2008
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From a new Rasmussen poll:
With energy issues taking center stage in the presidential campaign, 81% of Americans see development of new energy sources as an urgent priority. Only 9% disagree.
For nearly two-thirds (65%), finding new sources of energy is more important that reducing the amount of energy Americans now consume. Twenty-eight percent (28%) think reducing [...]
Oil Company Office Manager Gives Suspicious $61,000+ Donation To McCain
August 5th, 2008
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My friends, that’s not change we can believe in.
Despite what appears to be a middle-class lifestyle, the couple has written $61,600 in checks to John McCain’s presidential campaign and the Republican National Committee, most of it within days of McCain’s decision to endorse offshore oil drilling.
At a June fundraiser, the Rocchios joined top executives [...]
