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

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"… al 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 …"

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

A most favored corporation: Enron prevailed in federal, state lobbying efforts 49 times

By M. Asif Ismail

WASHINGTON, January 6, 2003 — Enron Corp., which ran a formidable lobbying machine in Washington and state capitals, gained favorable treatm

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"… coalition that lobbied on the African Growth and Opportunity Act. Chevron, Mobil, Exxon, Enron, Bank of America, the Gap, Texaco, Amoco, Citicorp, and Coca …"

"… sion. Among its members were BP Amoco, J. Aron & Co., Koch Industries, Mobil Business Resources Corp., Phibro, and Sempra Energy Trading Corp., as well …"

"… ca, Conoco, Exxon, Fina, Freeport-McMoran, Hunt Oil, Kerr-McGee, Marathon, Mobil, Occidental, ODECO, Oryx, Panhandle Eastern, Phillips, and Shell.New York …"

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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"… owned lands. A year and a half later, POGO filed its own lawsuit. In 1998, Mobil Oil settled for $45 million; collectively, oil companies have paid about $ …"

"… n and share any financial recovery.POGO’s share of the settlement in the Mobil lawsuit was $1.2 million, and the organization decided to share some of th …"

"… 6 lawsuit, asking questions about oil valuation. In 1999, a year after the Mobil settlement came through, Johnson testified, he “didn’t know POGO had a …"

"… t, Johnson said he feared.(Johnson’s suit against Shell, Unocal and ExxonMobil continues, set for trial in Texas in November. Though POGO has been dismis …"

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Starr Struck: Part three

By Florence George Graves

BOSTON, April 1, 1998 — While the tradition of resisting subpoenas was already established in print journalism, it didn't start to develop i

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"… controversial Tavoulareas story was waged. In 1979 the paper reported that Mobil President William Tavoulareas had “set up” his son Peter in a company …"

"… his son Peter in a company that did millions of dollars of business with Mobil. Tavoulareas demanded a retraction. When he didn’t get one he sued The P …"

Starr Struck: Part two

By Florence George Graves

BOSTON, April 1, 1998 — While the Hubbell Subpoena merited page one treatment in The Times, there was far less coverage, mostly brief mentio

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"… fenders and opponents of the press.John Walsh, an attorney who represented Mobil President Tavoulareas in his libel suit against The Washington Post, says …"

Greasing the skids of corruption

By Phillip van Niekerk and Laura Peterson

Money from multinational oil companies moves through labyrinths of international bank accounts, avoiding national budgets and banks

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"… ernment militaries to provide security for their operations. In Indonesia, Mobil Oil admitted to supplying food, fuel and equipment to soldiers hired to pr …"

"… licated in massacres in the breakaway province of Aceh and reportedly used Mobil's equipment to dig mass graves, though Mobil denied knowledge of any abuse …"

"… e of Aceh and reportedly used Mobil's equipment to dig mass graves, though Mobil denied knowledge of any abuses. In June 2001, the U.S.-based International …"

"… 01, the U.S.-based International Labor Rights Fund filed suit against ExxonMobil (the corporation formed of the merger between Exxon and Mobil) on behalf o …"

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Climate change: hide the assessment

By The Center for Public Integrity

Officials at the government's Climate Change Science Program edited scientific documents and controlled climate scientists media exposure

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"… signed after the revelations of his edits (and then went to work for Exxon-Mobil), but the administration called it normal procedure for political appointe …"