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A look at lawmakers' finances
Pennsylvania Ave.Today, reporters in Washington are forced to do math. Federal lawmakers' 2010 financial disclosures were released Wednesday and now the masses can know, very roughly, how much their local official is worth. Their assets, (like their stocks, 401ks,... -
Arctic oil spill could prove tough to clean
GreenspaceShell Exploration's plan for exploratory oil and gas drilling in the Beaufort Sea won conditional approval from the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement. One of the big questions now is what happens if there's an oil...... -
Prop. 23: Oil giants are divided
GreenspaceAre the big oil companies really backing Proposition 23? Maybe not. Among California's major oil refiners, Shell Oil opposes the November ballot initiative to suspend the state’s global warming law. Chevron Corp. is officially neutral. Exxon Mobil and... -
Oil-industry mega-shipments bound for scenic highway in Idaho and Montana
GreenspaceScenic Highway 12 along the Clearwater and Lochsa rivers in Idaho and Montana is one of the nation's recreation treasures. It also could become an important thoroughfare for extra-wide-load shipments of industrial equipment bound for the Canadian tar... -
Big Oil goes to college: a conflict of interest?
GreenspaceHave hundreds of millions of dollars in grants from major oil companies compromised the ethics of energy research at such institutions as UC Berkeley, UC Davis and Stanford? That's what Jennifer Washburn, a longtime critic of academic conflicts of... -
Los Angeles region to curb lung-damaging sulfur pollution
GreenspaceAmid a gray landscape of oil refinery smokestacks and storage tanks, a massive pile of neon-yellow sulfur sits alongside the Port of Long Beach. That pile, or others like it, are set to grow considerably, now that Southern California air...... -
U.S. oil price hits $100 a barrel [Updated]
Money & CompanyThe U.S. benchmark oil price briefly hit $100 a barrel on Wednesday as the revolt in Libya escalated, raising new fears about reduced supplies from the world’s 12th-largest oil exporter. Surging crude drove stock prices sharply lower for a second...... -
Economy: Spreading the wealth, or not
Opinion L.A.To quote famed philosopher Mel Brooks, "It's good to be king." Except, we don't have kings in the United States. No, in America, "It's good to be rich." How good? Well, check out The Times this week for some examples....... -
Arctic waters open for "cautious" leasing after 2012
GreenspaceInterior Secretary Ken Salazar's announcement about a "cautious" approach to offshore oil development opens the door to leasing new waters in the Arctic after 2012 and clears the way for full review of a proposed new exploratory well in the...... -
Energy stocks surge with oil; Exxon's earnings rocket
Money & CompanyHunting for opportunity in crisis, some investors are flooding back into energy stocks on Monday amid another jump in oil prices sparked by Middle East social unrest. It also helped that Exxon Mobil Corp.’s fourth-quarter earnings were well above... -
Storm moves ashore as officials brace for mudslides, coastal flooding [Updated]
L.A. NOWA powerful new storm was pushing ashore this morning as officials prepared for more mudslides and coastal flooding. According to the National Weather Service, today's storm -- the third in as three days -- is expected to dump 1 to...... -
Shell outlines precautions for offshore Arctic drilling
GreenspaceShell Oil Co. is making its best case for why drilling in the offshore Arctic can be done with fewer potential problems than what confronted BP in the Gulf of Mexico. In a detailed response to the federal Minerals Management......
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