I never thought I'd say it, but I agree with Exxon on an environmental issue. The CEO, Rex Tillerson, called for a carbon tax yesterday. As the Wall Street Journal reported... Rex Tillerson said that a tax was a "more direct, a more transparent and a more effective approach" to curtailing greenhouse...

The latest list of "650 International Scientists (who) Dissent Over Man-Made Global Warming" seems to be more of the same: dead guys (Fred Seitz, Marcel Leroux, Reid Bryson ...), paid deniers (Fred Singer, Tim Ball, Sallie Baliunas ...), and a much larger group of weather forecasters and "experts" f...

Thursday Evening News Roundup You know, after my being up all night, a short nap does not hit the spot like it used to. It takes some time for cobwebs to clear. So if most of what I wrote below doesn’t make any sense, feel free to write it off to a lack of sleep. The stock market fell for the ...

Man, how freakin easy is this one? For a president worthy of neither honor nor memorial, somehow, even this works. The city of San Francisco is looking to name its state-of-the-art sewage plant after George W. Bush, and why the hell not? For a man so full of s**t and void of shame, even a sewage tre...

[Insert Ranting Here] Everyone (at least, everyone I know) is staggering over the cost of putting gasoline in their vehicles. Prices range from $4/gallon - $5/gallon around the country. The oil companies cry poor mouth, and have 10 different answers, six-ways-from-Sunday, on why they can't lower the...

Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Earnings/Financials With gas prices as high as they are, it might seem hard to believe that some gas companies aren't profitable, but apparently Exxon Mobil isn't doing as well as they might wish. The company just announced that it will be selling off its gas stati...

The Republicans in the US Senate today blocked the Democrat's windfall profits gimmick, oops, tax from getting a vote on the floor. The bill needed 60 votes to get past a GOP filibuster, and only got 51, signalling it's death, for now. While Barack Obama and others have claimed the GOP sold out the ...

As oil hit a new record of $134 a barrel yesterday, lawmakers summoned energy executives to Capitol Hill for the latest in a series of ritual immolations. But this one felt more like "The Price Is Right."...

The next time you’re looking for a gas station to fill up the tank (and pay nearly $4 / gallon for the privilege) , consider that Exxon Mobil is in rough times, and needs your support. In the first quarter of 2008, the company only made an $11 billion profit, which was apparently below expecta...

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton pushed back hard yesterday against calls for her to withdraw from the presidential race, with aides saying she remains more determined than ever to remain in the contest until the end of the primary season....