Fact Watch: Playing politics with gasoline prices; both parties make questionable claims

By FactCheck.Org

Democrats and Republicans both demagogue the gasoline price issue

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"… say that refiners don't make money when the price of oil goes up. They do. ExxonMobil reported earning $1.1 billion on gasoline sales worldwide (total down …"

"… stors and analysts during its quarterly earnings conference call in April, ExxonMobil cited “improved industry refining margins" as a reason. In 200 …"

"… n a gallon of gasoline.Paul's per-gallon figure is consistent with a claim ExxonMobil Vice President for Public and Government Affairs Ken Cohen wrote in h …"

"… e refined and sold in the United States, we earned about 7 cents.We called ExxonMobil and asked how Cohen arrived at his figure. Spokeswoman Kristen Hellme …"

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 “

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"… to the task. “While production technology had made great advances since Exxon Valdez, spill response technology had not,” the commission concluded. As …"

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

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"… and that the president was warned that a major spill larger than the 1989 Exxon Valdez might be coming. By April 23, the logs obtained by the Center show …"

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Coast Guard logs reveal early spill estimate of 8,000 barrels a day

By John Solomon and Aaron Mehta

Coast Guard officials grasped the potential threat of a catastrophic spill within hours of the explosion on board the Deepwater Horizon dril

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"… sident was warned by his top aides that a major spill larger than the 1989 Exxon Valdez might be coming, according to the documents and interviews.The logs …"

"… he President this event could eclipse the amount of oil spilled during the Exxon Valdez.The logs were provided to the Center by Rep. Darrell Issa of Califo …"

Training exercises showed gaps in government preparedness before BP oil spill

By John Solomon and Aaron Mehta

Over the last eight years, the U.S. government has conducted four major drills to prepare for a massive oil spill, the results of which fore

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"… sive spill since the last catastrophic event, in 1989, when the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground and fouled the waters and shores of Alaska.“Because t …"

$163 million spent on oil pollution research — with no coordination

By Laurel Adams

Interagency committee to coordinate oil pollution research - didn't

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"… ncy committee designed to coordinate oil pollution research after the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill has not kept pace with major changes in the oil industry or t …"

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Frustrated green groups to sue ExxonMobil, saying Texas regulator isn’t regulating

By Chris Hamby and Elizabeth Lucas

Tired of waiting for state regulators to take meaningful action, two environmental groups are preparing to file a lawsuit against the nation

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"… ng to file a lawsuit against the nation’s largest oil refinery, accusing ExxonMobil Corp. of illegally releasing at least 5.9 million pounds of dangerous …"

"… esidents.Environment Texas and the Sierra Club hope the lawsuit will force ExxonMobil to cut emissions, enhance monitoring, and pay a multimillion-dollar c …"

"… al service in Boston that represents Environment Texas and the Sierra Club.ExxonMobil declined to comment on the impending lawsuit, but said it has spent h …"

"… tice letter that precedes the filing of the lawsuit. The records show that ExxonMobil’s chemical plants released nearly 1.3 million pounds of toxic subst …"

Oil-financed Congress members target public-interest group

By Richard Prince and Esther Cassidy

WASHINGTON, June 14, 2000 — A saga involving Big Oil, millions of unrealized tax dollars, whistle-blowers, members of Congress and campaign

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"… ing it, Johnson said he feared.(Johnson’s suit against Shell, Unocal and ExxonMobil continues, set for trial in Texas in November. Though POGO has been d …"

"… ng,” Cubin said on May 4, “I ask everyone to . . . imagine that it was Exxon, or Shell, or Mobil Oil instead of POGO that made two $383,600 payments, c …"

Global warming: Heated denials

By Lisa Chiu

Stand-up comedian Tim Slagle was on a roll. In a lunchtime routine tailored to 400 conference attendees, Slagle was killing ‘em with jokes a

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"… first began to garner regular headlines. The American Petroleum Institute, ExxonMobil, and other energy and automotive companies formed the now defunct ind …"

"… The group is now disbanded. In 1998, the American Petroleum Institute and ExxonMobil also organized a meeting to propose a $5 million campaign to train co …"

"… And a report last year by the Union of Concerned Scientists disclosed that ExxonMobil spent more than $16 million from 1998-2005 on groups that criticize t …"

"… 998-2005 on groups that criticize the science on global warming.Changes at ExxonMobilBut more recently, publicity about the workings of the denial movement …"

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part one

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — It is no surprise and nothing new in the land of the spin and the home of the sound bite that each and every can

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"… sponsored student loan company; Schering-Plough; Mobil Corp., now part of Exxon-Mobil; and Visa USA.Duberstein’s big-bucks client list includes the like …"

"… ediaOne, Inc.), Lockheed-Martin (McDonnell Douglas and COMSAT), and Mobil (Exxon).Weber is also a senior fellow at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey …"

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