Big Oil

Rep. Katie Porter Spanks Lying Big Oil Executive

Rep. Porter was in no mood to hear Big Oil lie and claim they have no special tax breaks. Wait until you hear what she promises to do to him.

Rep. Katie Porter Responds To Big Oil Exec Claiming His Company Doesn't Get Special Tax Break

A Big Oil exec told Rep. Katie Porter that she had a "misconception" about a special tax break that polluters get that other businesses don't. So, after explaining the deduction to him, Rep. Porter offered to write it out of the tax code if that's what he wants.

After 92 Years, Exxon Dropped From Dow Jones

The Fall Of Big Oil is illustrated by the Dow Jones dropping Exxon from their listings.

Trump Betrays Farmers, Ag Secretary Perdue Mocks Them

As farmer incomes fall, bankruptcies and suicides rise, Trump’s Agricultural Secretary Sonny Perdue couldn’t stop laughing at his own joke mocking them as “whiners.”

Bernie Sanders & Raul Grijalva Won't Let Paid-Off Conservatives Scuttle The Climate Change Agreement

We already have one party that is totally bought by fossil fuel, the only way to keep the other one honest is to help elect real progressives instead of "GOP-Lite" ones.

Inhofe Responds To Pope's Call To Protect 'Our Common Home'

The climate-change science denier and chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Sen. Inhofe, responds to Pope Francis' calls for protecting the earth from pollution.

GOP's Global Warming Strategy Shifts From Denial To Despair

The very same people who bash Democrats for regulatory overkill are at it themselves -- to stop the spread of solar energy.

Mary Landrieu Concedes Runoff, Leaving GOP In Charge Of New Confederacy

Mary Landrieu lost her runoff election soundly to Republican Bill Cassidy Saturday.

Administration Takes Another Step Toward Permitting Atlantic Ocean Drilling

The Obama administration recommended on Thursday that private companies begin searching for oil and gas reserves off the Atlantic Coast, an area that has been closed to drilling for decades.

Feds Issue Warning About North Dakota's Fracked Bakken Crude

"Crude oil doesn't explode like that," said Matthew Goitia, chief executive of Peaker Energy Group LLC, a Houston company that is developing crude-by-rail terminals.