EXXON MOBIL POSTS BIGGEST PROFIT EVER BY A US FIRM Houston Chronicle 2/1/07 Exxon Mobil Corp. roared past Wall Street expectations and set a new record for the highest profit ever earned by a US company in a single year. EPA TO URGE TIGHTER SMOG LIMITS Houston Chronicle 1/30/07 Federal scientists today will recommend an even tougher health standard for…
FORT BEND POWER PLANT PLANNED Houston Chronicle 1/25/07 A Houston company plans to build a major power plant in Fort Bend County that it says will run on an oil refining byproduct and produce low greenhouse gas emissions. BUSH SEEKS VAST, MANDATORY INCREASE IN ALTERNATIVE FUELS AND GREATER VEHICLE EFFICIENCY New York Times 1/24/07 Vowing to reduce the nation’s thirst…
ENERGY GIANTS BACK PROGRAM TO ‘CAP AND TRADE’ CARBON EMISSIONS Houston Chronicle 1/18/07 After years of loudly challenging the theory of global warming, a growing number of energy companies are saying the regulation of greenhouse gases in the US is inevitable and are even lining up behind proposed legislation to do so. EXXON MEETS GREEN GROUPS AS CLIMATE FOCUS SURGES…