What’s the most profitable, secretive and possibly hated company in the U.S.? ExxonMobil, the subject of two-time Pultizer prize winning Steve Coll’s just-released book, Private Empire: ExxonMobil And American Power. I eagerly devoured
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Private Empire: Feast Of Data, Famine Of Vision
May 4th, 2012 · 4 Comments · books, energy
Tags: energy independence·ExxonMobil·oil·Private Empire·resource curse·Steve Coll
The Climate Doesn’t Play Politics
June 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · sustainability
Nobel laureate Paul Krugman writes today in the New York Times that the opposition of much of Congress to the Waxman-Markey bill is treason and betrayal. If it passes, this bill will be our nation’s first legislative response to global warming. The House narrowly passed Waxman-Markey last Friday, and it now goes to the Senate, [...]
Tags: bipartisan politics·climate change·ExxonMobil·global warming·paradigm shift·Paul Krugman·Waxman-Markey bill