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Republicans ignore call to end Big Oil’s tax breaks

May 18, 2011 By John Wojcik

Senate Republicans began a filibuster yesterday to block the stripping of tax subsidies to oil companies.

New oil drilling is not a solution

May 17, 2011 By Joel Wendland-Liu

There's a big fight happening in Washington over oil company subsidies.

Oil CEOs to Congress: Don’t blame us!

May 13, 2011 By John Wojcik

As public anger over high fuel prices and record oil company profits erupted across the nation, the major oil giants told lawmakers here that it's all beyond their control.

Consumers angry about utility rate hike plan

May 11, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

Consumers are urging state lawmakers to vote against a bill that would eliminate the long-standing utility rate review process.

World Notes: Brazil, Turkey, Laos – and more

April 28, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Some 80,000 workers stopped work in mid March at hydroelectric plants, refineries, and electric generating facilities in "the biggest social protest by workers in many years," according to upsidedownworld.org.