Rebecca Leber

Top Ten Things Climate Change Is Making Worse Right Now

The onslaught of extreme weather and record temperatures this year have had an impact on people globally, directly through drought and temperature, and more indirectly impacting food prices and …

By: Ellie Sandmeyer &; Rebecca Leber ,; ThinkProgress

July 22, 2012

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Members Who Supported Big Oil Have Received $38.6 Million From the Industry

The oil industry has rarely been more influential in the House.

By: Rebecca Leber ,; ThinkProgress

June 22, 2012

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Coal Industry Pays Fake Activists $50 to Wear Pro-Coal Shirts at Public Hearing

Apparently unable to find real activists, the coal industry paid astroturfers to wear pro-coal t-shirts at an EPA hearing.

By: Rebecca Leber ,; ThinkProgress

May 26, 2012

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Today, ALEC Brings Lawmakers and Big Oil Together to Undermine Clean Energy

Today, behind closed doors in Charlotte, North Carolina, legislators from 15 states will meet with the oil and gas industry to discuss so-called “model legislation” as part of the American Legislative …

By: Rebecca Leber ,; ThinkProgress

May 15, 2012

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Frackers Outbid Farmers for Water in Colorado Drought

Support Truthout’s work by making a tax-deductible donation: click here to contribute. Sections of drilling pipe and a drilling rig on a six-well pad in the Piceance Basin of …

By: Rebecca Leber ,; ThinkProgress

April 16, 2012

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Exxon Mobil’s Tax Rate Drops to 13 Percent, After Making 35 Percent More Profits on Rising Gas Prices in 2011

Exxon Mobil, the most profitable of the big five oil companies, made $41.1 billion in profits last year. Although Exxon made 35 percent more profits since 2010, its estimated …

By: Rebecca Leber ,; ThinkProgress

March 27, 2012

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