Some energy CEOs among highest paid U.S. corporate bosses

By Chris Hamby

As gas prices rise and politicians deliberate, energy execs rake it in

Excerpts from this story referencing "ExxonMobil":

"… idental Petroleum Corp., ranked second, taking home $76.1 million in 2010. ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson came in at No. 18, with compensation of $21.5 million.Ot …"

"… esday that would repeal tax incentives for the five biggest oil companies: ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Chevron and ConocoPhillips. And the Senate Finance Committee i …"

BP spill report underscores government complacency

By Aaron Mehta

A presidentially-appointed commission today called for major changes in offshore oil drilling and described the Deepwater Horizon spill as “

Excerpts from this story referencing "BP":

"… ire breaks out.The 398 page final report of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling provides a detailed anal …"

"… ty of another failure will be dramatically greater.”The report describes BPs preparedness plan, meant to detail how to cope with a spill, as “embarr …"

"… uses” — neither of which lives in the Gulf. One website highlighted by BP as a resource to help with cleanup efforts linked to a “Japanese enterta …"

"… setts Institute of Technology, told the Center in May.A Center story about BP, “Renegade Refiner”, found that BP was responsible for 97 percent of a …"

Congress investigates treatment of Michigan oil spill victims

By Aaron Mehta and John Solomon

Phyllis Nelson defied her doctors’ predictions by surviving chronic lung disease for the last seven years, and until late July she had her s

Excerpts from this story referencing "BP":

"… leak, which despite its size was overshadowed this summer by the historic BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The staffers are trying to determine if re …"

"… legal waivers was brought up earlier this year in relation to the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Kenneth Feinberg, the administrator of BP …"

"… BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Kenneth Feinberg, the administrator of BP’s compensation program for those impacted by the spill, came under fire …"

"… r those impacted by the spill, came under fire after reports surfaced that BP would require a waiver be signed barring further lawsuits against the comp …"

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Volunteer vessels at BP rig were “floating militia,” need more coordination

By Aaron Mehta

One of the many lessons learned from the BP disaster is to better coordinate responses by private boats that hurry to an offshore rig explos

Excerpts from this story referencing "BP":

"… n’t learn from this,” he said. …"

"… e boats contributed to sinking the rig. The riser pipe, from which most of BP’s oil spewed, did not start leaking until after the drilling rig sank.Th …"

"… the government’s difficulty in estimating how much oil spilled from the BP well. The Coast Guard now says over 60,000 barrels a day started leaking a …"

"… times describing himself as “a simple sailor,” Allen said he hoped the BP spill challenges the government has faced over the past four months would …"

BP’s $22,800 apology

Texas Rep. Joe Barton, who apologized to BP’s top executive at a marathon Congressional hearing today, collected tens of thousands of dollar

Excerpts from this story referencing "BP":

"… d to a Center request for comment. …"

"… e top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, apologized to BP’s Tony Hayward, saying he was “ashamed of what happened” in what he …"

"… the Obama administration. President Obama announced earlier this week that BP agreed to create a $20 billion fund to help rebuild the Gulf Coast region …"

"… d to help rebuild the Gulf Coast region that has been damaged by a massive BP oil spill.Barton later apologized for what he said was misconstrued as an …"

Some lawmakers sold BP, transocean stock

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts and at least three other federal lawmakers have sold their holdings in companies tied to the Gulf of Mexico

Excerpts from this story referencing "Tennessee":

"… ity that is related to the spill, his spokeswoman said.Rep. Steve Cohen, a Tennessee Democrat, is taking a different approach. His 26 shares in Transocean, wor …"

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Investigations Around the World

Major U.S. bank is found laundering money for Mexican drug cartel; misuse of BP cleanup funds; and forest mismanagement in Latin America

Oil spill cleanup fund is running out of money

By Laurel Adams

Oil spill damages fund, with a $1 billion cap, is nearly tapped out

Chamber of Commerce, other biz lobbies drill big oil for new cash gusher

By Peter H. Stone

What do the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Business Industry Political Action Committee (BIPAC), and the new American Crossroads group have i

After oil spill cleanup, mystery surrounds oil remaining in Gulf

By Laurel Adams

More than eight months after the Deepwater Horizon spill, researchers are still unable to paint an accurate picture on the amount of oil tha

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