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Kivalina lawsuit died but spawned similar claim

A federal court has upheld the right of Hurricane Katrina victims to sue air polluters over rising sea levels. Earlier the Inuit residents of Alaskan village, Kivalina, had won the same right. I have confirmed with the U.S. District Court in Oakland, California: The Kivalina...

Tags: Lawsuit, Exxon Mobil Corp., Litigation, Business Operations, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Twenty years after major eco-disaster: not fully recovered

It's been twenty years since the Exxon Valdez dumped 40 million litres in Port William Sound PWS, Alaska. Just now Exxon is finally paying out its fines to the residents of the area. As long as much of the world in dependent on oil,...

Tags: Exxon Mobil Corp., Spill, Trustee Council, Tools & Techniques, Web Site Development, Strategy, Management, Internet, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-24

One solar company sets positive record

Solar collectors. Courtesy: Schott. A half-century old German solar company just had a record earnings year. And they could be on their way to another one in 2009. Despite the recession. Exxon, eat your hear out. Schott Solar of Mainz,...

Tags: Exxon Mobil Corp., Photovoltaics, Schott Solar, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-10

From Drilling Oil for Exxon Mobil in the Caspian Sea to Building a Dream Home, SmartDraw Saves Time and Money

During his 30-year career at Exxon Mobil, Bill Dixon designed and built oil drilling rigs all over the world. When Dixon retired from Exxon, the company hired him back as a consultant on a huge project in the Caspian Sea. This was a very difficult drilling rig project and they...

Tags: Caspian Sea, Exxon Mobil Corp., SmartDraw, Professional Development, Career

Case studies 2009-01-26

Go, Carts, Go! Trumps "drill, baby, drill."

Go, Carts, Go! Trumps "drill, baby, drill."Exxon going to courtHow about never. Exxon winds up in court because of whackjobs like you and your fellow communists. If go carts became a huge profit center, Exxon would get into the battery business.Just more proof that having a brain doesn't mean you've...

Tags: Exxon Mobil Corp., Go! Trumps

Discussion threads 2008-12-01

Internet brand-jacking: What can be learned from Exxon Mobil?

Internet brand-jacking: What can be learned from Exxon Mobil?Is this blackmail?My guess is that this ia actually blackmail.Br, Hessu"Identity is a serious issue on the web"No it's not! And I'm glad it isn't. Only a dumb fool would trust anything he sees on a "social" site, and only a bigger...

Tags: Branding, Service-now.com, brand, Exxon Mobil Corp., Twitter, Web, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-08-08

Internet brand-jacking: What can be learned from Exxon Mobil?

Exxon Mobil got "brand-jacked." About two weeks ago, someone named "Janet," believed to be a spokesperson for the oil company, started posting one-liner comments about the company on Twitter. There was no reason to doubt the legitimacy of the Twitter account. There are a lot of big-named...

Tags: brand, internet, exxon mobil corp., twitter, janet, branding, marketing, sam diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-07

Exxon rocks on, but not everybody drinks the kool-aid

Exxon rocks on, but not everybody drinks the kool-aid....Because it's hard to refute the truth when the evidence in front of your very eyes. ]:)

Tags: Food & Beverage, kool-aid, Exxon Mobil Corp., beverage

Discussion threads 2008-05-30

Exxon rocks on, but not everybody drinks the kool-aid

Global warming is not a happy topic at the latest Exxon shareholders meeting. Seems some offspring of the founding Rockefeller are not pleased the company they own a piece of is...shall we say...doubtful about global warming. It's not just later generations of Rockies who are unhappy....

Tags: Exxon Mobil Corp., Beverage, Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-05-30

Alternative energy? BIG investment, as we've been predicting. Teensy compared to Big Oil

Four major components of the alternative energy industry are expanding rapidly. They continue to garner ever more investment. A new market study shows major year-to-year investment growth for biofuels, wind power, solar photovoltaics, and fuel cells. A study by Clean Edge shows the sector's investment cachet and...

Tags: Oil Company, Asset, Alternative Energy, Oil, Exxon Mobil Corp., Investment, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-03-21

Follow the money, it may lead to more green energy

Exxon is the world's largest oil company. By some measures it's simply the world's largest company. The U.S. is the world's biggest military power, energy user and debtor nation. Together they think they can out-muscle a Latin American leader who may not even have the loyalty of...

Tags: Venezuela, Green Technology, Exxon Mobil Corp., Sales Strategy, Sales, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-02-13

"Alternative energy" gets a boost from oil country

Venezuela seems determined to make America's alternative energy companies into successful greentech ventures. Today the Venezuelan national oil company "stopped all sales" to Exxon. This is just the latest salvo in the Exxon v. Venezuela heavyweight match. It began when Venezuela's government took control of all oil plants...

Tags: Venezuela, Alternative Energy, Exxon Mobil Corp., Venezueal, Sales Strategy, Asset Management, Sales, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-02-12

Exxon v. Venezuela and you're the loser in this battle

Exxon v. Venezuela and you're the loser in this battleIs this ZDNET or Meet the Press?I thought that ZDNET was about computers and technology. Are you folks so lazy that you need to report on oil and politics?I can read this crap on CNN or Fox, I don't need...

Tags: oil, Hugo, Exxon Mobil Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-11

Exxon v. Venezuela and you're the loser in this battle

Exxon claims it's won a round in its court battle against Venezuela. Venezuelan assets are now frozen in Britain and Netherlands. A lawsuit is in court int he U.S. as well. Exxon claims total Venezuelan assets valued at $36 billion dollars are now frozen. ...

Tags: Venezuela, Lawsuit, Exxon Mobil Corp., Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-02-10

Off topic: Record oil company profits and gas prices

Off topic: Record oil company profits and gas pricesOutrageousTheoretically, oil companies should make the same profit at all times - when oil prices go up, your prices go up at the same time - and the profit stays the same. The only way to INCREASE profits is when the price...

Tags: Taxes, Exxon Mobil Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-10-27

Off topic: Record oil company profits and gas prices

ExxonMobil's third quarter profit surged nearly 75 percent to $9.92 billion, based on skyrocketing oil and natural-gas prices. It's the largest quarterly profit in history for a U.S. company. And we thought Google was a hot company. Royal Dutch Shell third quarter profit grew 67 percent to $9.39 billion, riding...

Tags: Dan Farber, Exxon Mobil Corp., oil company

Blog posts 2005-10-27

Firm claims fuel cell breakthrough

Firm claims fuel cell breakthroughThis is interestingand also would be great, except one small problem... oil companies will do all they can to quell this from making it mainstream.Go here for some terrorEven the scientists that work for oil companies know this. Like every addict, we have to bottom out....

Tags: Fuel cells, Telecom & Utilities, fuel cell, Exxon Mobil Corp., oil company, solar energy

Discussion threads 2005-05-19