SXSW Interview: Margaret Brown

We're all connected through the Great Invisible

"...When the explosion on the Deep Water Horizon oil drilling platform happened in April of 2010, causing the..."

March 10, 2014 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

No conflict. Just business.

"...electric utility fight while at the same time representing Mobil Oil Corp.? After all, the city, which awarded a..."

Feb. 21, 1997 News Feature

Day Trips: Pegasus Sign, Dallas

Pegasus flies high in the Dallas sky

"...Petroleum Co. after it was acquired by the Standard Oil Co. of New York...."

Jan. 13, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

After The Fall

Tank Farms: What Now?

"...a case known as Phillip Gutierrez et al. v. Mobil Oil Corporation et al. The case, which was expected..."

Feb. 23, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Top Guns

Kent A. Caperton ($885,000-$2,925,000 )

"...Worth $50,000-$99,999 Credit Union Coalition of Texas $50,000-$99,999 Fasken Oil & Ranch Interests, Ltd. $50,000-$99,999 Southwestern Bell Telephone Co...."

Feb. 12, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Who Killed Father Ryan?

A 1981 Odessa murder haunts crime researchers, the Catholic Church, and an ex-con determined to prove his innocence

"...driving – and had lost a field job with Mobil Oil because of his addiction. (Despite his numerous arrests,..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Energizer Lobbyists

Deregulation Keeps Lobbyists Going... and Going...

"...$99,999 -- include Diamond Shamrock Refining & Marketing, Fina Oil & Chemical Co., Lower Colorado River Authority, Pedernales Electric..."

Feb. 21, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Day Trips

Baseball, bats, obits, no buts, and environmental action figure into this year-end wrap-up.

"...on Pegasus above downtown Dallas. The symbol for Magnolia Oil Company, predecessor of Mobil Oil, was erected in 1934..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Mr. Smarty Pants

"...Cola ingredients include orange, lemon, nutmeg, and coriander oils, and food-grade (never use art-grade!) gum arabic...."

May 17, 2002 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The Hightower Report

Where's the President; and exxpose Exxon

"...that no disaster hits your city.EXXPOSE EXXON Shhhhh. Exxon Mobil doesn't want any attention paid to its latest profit..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Three Wrongs Don't Make Big Oil Right; and Who's Getting Face Time With Your Legislators?

"...Three Wrongs Don't Make Big Oil Right..."

June 17, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

Who's Texas?

The story of Texas history says a lot -- about the storytellers

"...shots of majestic landscapes and selected human activity -- oil production, cowboys, a Gulf Coast shrimp boat ... Lance..."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Naked City

"..."Naked City" never figured out how Ralph Nader "spoiled" the 2000 election by getting three million people to..."

Jan. 18, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The Hightower Report

Genetically Engineered Invasion; and Big Oil Powers Up in D.C.

"...Luckily, several scrappy grassroots groups have mobilized to bring common sense and public pressure to bear..."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Greening of George W. Bush

An industry pollution control program started backed by Gov. George W. Bush has cleaned less than 3% of the industrial toxic emissions it aimed to clean up.

"...emissions program was developed under the guidance of two oil company executives: V.G. Beghini of Marathon Oil Company and..."

Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

The Hightower Lowdown

Major league baseball ticket gouging in New York, grassroots rebellion in Carmel, Ca., the oil industry's assault on the Project on Government Oversight, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce attacks new OSHA protections for workers.

"...is in the fight of its life against Big Oil and two of Big Oil's snarling guard dogs in..."

Jan. 5, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Help save Mother Earth; and so much cash, so little time

"...back to Washington to continue pushing for policies allowing oil drillers, clear-cutters, and strip-miners to plunder our national parks..."

May 20, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Making America dependent on domestic oil instead of focusing on conservation and renewable fuels is an ass-backward energy policy; and the ridiculous notion that we should treat corporations like living beings

"...It's not his fault. He was born with crude oil in his veins, so he just can't help it...."

May 13, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Public Works Work; and Big Oil's Charm Offensive

"...do some real good for everyone in America. Big Oil's Charm Offensive..."

Nov. 21, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Letters at 3AM

Russia has gone from a crippled to a powerful nation, using the model of what might be called "national capitalism"

"...owner of that great and powerful Russian enterprise Yukos Oil Co. Then came Oct. 25, 2003 – a day..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Headlines

"...Environment Texas announced plans this week to sue Exxon Mobil Corp. in federal court for violating the Clean Air..."

July 9, 2010 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...as bad as Hussein, and of course, war for oil. The very next day our troops faced much more..."

April 4, 2003 Column

Count the Zeros

"...us that these costs would be offset by Iraq oil revenues. Does anyone know how much the U.S. has..."

July 16, 2010 Postmarks

The Hightower Report

Won't Take Nuke for an Answer; Drat. Oiled Again.

"...in 2009 that radioactive tritium could not leak into soil and water because the facility had no buried pipes...."

May 6, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

More Monkeyshine From Exxon; and Making an Honest Dip

"...of "guacamole dip" with partially hydrogenated soybean and coconut oils, a big dollop of corn syrup to give it..."

March 9, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

Public Notice: Ten Things

A CodeNEXT primer, and happy Earth Day

"...in addition to the ongoing Topic Talks, with Affordability, Mobil­ity, and Permitting & Pro­cess still to come in May..."

April 21, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Written in Stone

UT's Jim Bob Moffett and Freeport-McMoRan ride a new wave of allegations of business as usual: exploitation, cronyism, and environmental devastation

"...August, the Securities and Exchange Commission asked several U.S. oil companies, including Marathon Oil and Amerada Hess, for documents..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Spinning Out of Control?

Business Is Booming

"...there were the big four -- the railroads, Continental Oil and Gas, the Texas Manufacturers Association, and the Texas..."

Feb. 12, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Headlines

"...Texans to be part of the presidential cabinet. Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson is in line to be Trump's..."

Dec. 16, 2016 News Feature

The Hightower Report

A frightening cruise through Ted Cruz's head

"...fuel favors that it should be titled the "Exxon Mobil Relief Act." For example, it bans the federal government..."

Sept. 19, 2014 News Column

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