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May 8, 2012
Southwest Airlines' Herb Kelleher: Energy Independence, As You Understand It, Is A Myth
Southwest Airlines co-founder Herb Kelleher and a gaggle of other titans, from former U.S. Spec Ops commanders to Sam Gilliland, chief executive officer of Dallas-based Sabre Holdings, reject outright the idea that we can drill our way to energy independence. In an Energy Security Leadership Council ... More >>
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March 8, 2012
Clean Electricity Bill Could Be A Bonanza For Shale Barons
A senator from New Mexico has proposed a bill that could change the face of Texas electric generation. And it has another interesting side-effect: It could reinvigorate a shale gas play depressed by tanking prices. U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman, chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committ ... More >>
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December 8, 2011
EPA Report Ties Fracking To Groundwater Contamination in Wyoming. But What Does That Mean For Texas?
Photo by Taryn Walker A gas well in ArlingtonFor folks in Dallas, where the council-appointed gas drilling task force is running to stand still, or in Southlake, the subject of a recent cover story on towns grappling with urban drilling, this EPA report released today tying fracking to ground ... More >>
News
November 24, 2011
Fear and Fracking in Southlake
In one of America's wealthiest suburbs, an unlikely band of drilling opponents helped drive away the world's biggest energy companies. Did they save the town or ruin it?
Blogs
September 28, 2011
Water Rights Policies At the TCEQ Could Affect Your Lunch
It's tough being a gulf oyster. The BP oil spill devastated Louisiana oyster beds, and then a historic Texas drought reduced river flows into Galveston Bay, seriously increasing the bay's salinity. Predators and disease are thriving and threatening the already hobbled industry. Now the Texas Commis ... More >>
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August 17, 2011
Is That a Gun Under Your Dress, Sir? Because We Know Those Are Panties On Your Head.
What do you need to know about this video sent out by the Dallas Police Department? Well, let's see. The stick-em-up in question took place yesterday at around 5:25 in the morning at the Exxon TigerMart at 2503 Lemmon, which is right off of N. Central Expressway. And, per the DPD:The suspect is seen ... More >>
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February 17, 2011
At City Plan Commission: Food Trucks Drive to Council, But Gas Drilling Stays Parked For Now
Robert WilonskyThe Hot Box parked on Flora Street back on October 31I'd been all ready to settle in for a lengthy City Plan Commission meeting this afternoon, conditioned by months of long waits before commissioners got to talking about the things I'd come for -- old favorites like gas drilling o ... More >>
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January 21, 2011
Here's Why Ron Natinsky Excused Himself When Council Talk Turned to XTO Energy
Before the Dallas City Council voted to back Dave Neumann Wednesday and wait till October to vote on XTO Energy's gas drilling proposals, we did get a little more insight into where the council stands right now. Angela Hunt, for instance, mentioned why she was for extending the city's leases to X ... More >>
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December 28, 2010
Lawyer Says Dallas Woman Sued Halliburton After She Violated "Policy Against Procreation"
The Dallas case is one of many attorney Todd Kelly has brought against Halliburton.A Dallas woman filed suit against Halliburton last week claiming she was fired after her supervisors learned she was pregnant. In court documents filed on December, 21, Lynda Darden alleges she was fired in the sum ... More >>
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December 23, 2010
Turnips, Happy Meals and Tainted Eggs: The Year's 10 Biggest National Food Stories
Food lovers must talk with their mouths full, since there was plenty of discussion of many, many food-related topics in 2010. But a few national stories struck us as most important. Let us know what you think. 1. The food safety bill The massive food safety bill had been left for dead when the ... More >>
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June 29, 2010
Local Musicians To Host Benefit For The Gulf Coast at Lola's in Fort Worth on Thursday
July 1 marks another hot, run-of-the-mill day for us here in North Texas, but for the folks directly affected by the oil spill in the Gulf, it's another day without work. And some DFW musicians have decided to do something about it--namely, they'll be teaming up with venues all over the country t ... More >>
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June 24, 2010
Did Joe Barton Have a Point?
July 1 marks another hot, run-of-the-mill day for us here in North Texas, but for the folks directly affected by the oil spill in the Gulf, it's another day without work. And some DFW musicians have decided to do something about it--namely, they'll be teaming up with venues all over the country t ... More >>
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June 18, 2010
Jon Stewart Doesn't Like Joe Barton, and He's Not Impressed With Rex Tillerson Either
No doubt by now you've heard all about Rep. Joe Barton of Arlington telling BP chief exec Tony Hayward how sorry he is -- how so so so so so sorry he is -- that President Obama shook him down for a $20 billion "slush fund." And by slush fund, he meant dough to be doled out to those in the Gulf Co ... More >>
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June 1, 2010
Texas Rangers: Fool's Gold or Gritty Perseverance?
While I was gone the Texas Rangers, well, um, let's face it ... they crumbled. Starters not making it past the fifth inning. Bullpen overworked. Bottom third of the order about as effective as BP's oil spill plans G, H and I. Four consecutive losses. Division lead kaput. Not good. I keep app ... More >>
Culture
July 30, 2009
Legally Blonde Guilty of Contempt of Audience; FIT Fuels Up Under a Texaco Canopy
While I was gone the Texas Rangers, well, um, let's face it ... they crumbled. Starters not making it past the fifth inning. Bullpen overworked. Bottom third of the order about as effective as BP's oil spill plans G, H and I. Four consecutive losses. Division lead kaput. Not good. I keep app ... More >>
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July 3, 2009
In England, Outrage Over ExxonMobil's Continued Ties to Climate-Change Skeptics
Beginning in 2006, 'round the time Rex Tillerson replaced Lee Raymond as CEO of Irving-based ExxonMobil, the company said it would cut funding to public-policy groups whose policy it was to deny in public the existence of climate change and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Last year, mat ... More >>
Dining
June 18, 2009
Fueling Up at Lunch at La Paisanita Taqueria is a Gas
Beginning in 2006, 'round the time Rex Tillerson replaced Lee Raymond as CEO of Irving-based ExxonMobil, the company said it would cut funding to public-policy groups whose policy it was to deny in public the existence of climate change and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Last year, mat ... More >>
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May 28, 2009
Texaco: Fill Up With Gas--From the Tacos, Not Petrol
Beginning in 2006, 'round the time Rex Tillerson replaced Lee Raymond as CEO of Irving-based ExxonMobil, the company said it would cut funding to public-policy groups whose policy it was to deny in public the existence of climate change and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Last year, mat ... More >>
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February 17, 2009
Chewing the Fat: Spilling The Bills
You probably remember how last summer's painful gas prices set off a ripple effect, jacking the cost of everything else, including your groceries. Now that gas prices have crashed back to a mere inflated-enough-to-fatten-Exxon-execs-and-their-political-friends level, you're probably still waiting f ... More >>
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September 29, 2008
Going Dow, Dow, Down: Localizing the Stock Market Plunge
You probably remember how last summer's painful gas prices set off a ripple effect, jacking the cost of everything else, including your groceries. Now that gas prices have crashed back to a mere inflated-enough-to-fatten-Exxon-execs-and-their-political-friends level, you're probably still waiting f ... More >>
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July 18, 2008
Ever Been to the "Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division"?
You probably remember how last summer's painful gas prices set off a ripple effect, jacking the cost of everything else, including your groceries. Now that gas prices have crashed back to a mere inflated-enough-to-fatten-Exxon-execs-and-their-political-friends level, you're probably still waiting f ... More >>
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May 28, 2008
Shareholders' Proposals Run Out of Gas at Exxon Shindig at Meyerson
You probably remember how last summer's painful gas prices set off a ripple effect, jacking the cost of everything else, including your groceries. Now that gas prices have crashed back to a mere inflated-enough-to-fatten-Exxon-execs-and-their-political-friends level, you're probably still waiting f ... More >>
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May 27, 2008
Before Tomorrow's Shareholder Showdown, Exxon Severs Some Ties
You probably remember how last summer's painful gas prices set off a ripple effect, jacking the cost of everything else, including your groceries. Now that gas prices have crashed back to a mere inflated-enough-to-fatten-Exxon-execs-and-their-political-friends level, you're probably still waiting f ... More >>
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May 21, 2008
Protests Are a Gas, Gas, Gas
You probably remember how last summer's painful gas prices set off a ripple effect, jacking the cost of everything else, including your groceries. Now that gas prices have crashed back to a mere inflated-enough-to-fatten-Exxon-execs-and-their-political-friends level, you're probably still waiting f ... More >>
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April 30, 2008
Rockefeller Heirs Demand Exxon Look to the Future
You probably remember how last summer's painful gas prices set off a ripple effect, jacking the cost of everything else, including your groceries. Now that gas prices have crashed back to a mere inflated-enough-to-fatten-Exxon-execs-and-their-political-friends level, you're probably still waiting f ... More >>
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March 19, 2008
A Little Funk and Folk With Your "Bush Lied" Chants This Afternoon
You probably remember how last summer's painful gas prices set off a ripple effect, jacking the cost of everything else, including your groceries. Now that gas prices have crashed back to a mere inflated-enough-to-fatten-Exxon-execs-and-their-political-friends level, you're probably still waiting f ... More >>
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February 1, 2008
What's It Feel Like to Pocket $40 Billion In a Year? Dunno. Ask ExxonMobil.
You probably remember how last summer's painful gas prices set off a ripple effect, jacking the cost of everything else, including your groceries. Now that gas prices have crashed back to a mere inflated-enough-to-fatten-Exxon-execs-and-their-political-friends level, you're probably still waiting f ... More >>
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January 29, 2008
Two Years Later, the Book (or Chapter, Really) on That ExxonMobil Protest
You probably remember how last summer's painful gas prices set off a ripple effect, jacking the cost of everything else, including your groceries. Now that gas prices have crashed back to a mere inflated-enough-to-fatten-Exxon-execs-and-their-political-friends level, you're probably still waiting f ... More >>
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August 1, 2007
Plaza of the Unamerican, Anyone?
You probably remember how last summer's painful gas prices set off a ripple effect, jacking the cost of everything else, including your groceries. Now that gas prices have crashed back to a mere inflated-enough-to-fatten-Exxon-execs-and-their-political-friends level, you're probably still waiting f ... More >>
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June 28, 2007
What Pickens is Pickin'
You probably remember how last summer's painful gas prices set off a ripple effect, jacking the cost of everything else, including your groceries. Now that gas prices have crashed back to a mere inflated-enough-to-fatten-Exxon-execs-and-their-political-friends level, you're probably still waiting f ... More >>
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May 23, 2007
Is That Gas or Indigestion at Exxon?
You probably remember how last summer's painful gas prices set off a ripple effect, jacking the cost of everything else, including your groceries. Now that gas prices have crashed back to a mere inflated-enough-to-fatten-Exxon-execs-and-their-political-friends level, you're probably still waiting f ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2007
TXU, The Buyout and the Power of "Greenmail"
You probably remember how last summer's painful gas prices set off a ripple effect, jacking the cost of everything else, including your groceries. Now that gas prices have crashed back to a mere inflated-enough-to-fatten-Exxon-execs-and-their-political-friends level, you're probably still waiting f ... More >>
Blogs
January 15, 2007
Earth Biofuels: Running Out of Gas?
You probably remember how last summer's painful gas prices set off a ripple effect, jacking the cost of everything else, including your groceries. Now that gas prices have crashed back to a mere inflated-enough-to-fatten-Exxon-execs-and-their-political-friends level, you're probably still waiting f ... More >>
Blogs
September 25, 2006
Spare Climate Change
You probably remember how last summer's painful gas prices set off a ripple effect, jacking the cost of everything else, including your groceries. Now that gas prices have crashed back to a mere inflated-enough-to-fatten-Exxon-execs-and-their-political-friends level, you're probably still waiting f ... More >>
Blogs
August 9, 2006
ExxonMobil: The Company You Hate to Love to Hate
You probably remember how last summer's painful gas prices set off a ripple effect, jacking the cost of everything else, including your groceries. Now that gas prices have crashed back to a mere inflated-enough-to-fatten-Exxon-execs-and-their-political-friends level, you're probably still waiting f ... More >>
News
August 3, 2006
Dim bulbs
This little light of Buzz's, we're gonna let it shine
Calendar
July 6, 2006
An Artful Trek
14th Street honors Halliburton’s Journey
Blogs
May 31, 2006
Gassed Up and Ready to Protest
14th Street honors Halliburton’s Journey
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May 8, 2006
Net Gain or Net Loss?
14th Street honors Halliburton’s Journey
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May 3, 2006
Damn Commies
14th Street honors Halliburton’s Journey
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April 28, 2006
Syriana II: Bee County
14th Street honors Halliburton’s Journey
News
September 9, 2004
The Right's Stuff
A Texas-based band of conservative warriors tackles the left on its own turf--the street
Best of Dallas
September 25, 2003
Best Pit Stop
Lakewood Mobil
News
January 16, 2003
Red Scare
Dallas County is setting up a surveillance system a Commie would love
Best of Dallas
September 26, 2002
Best Fried Chicken
Bubba's Cooks Country
News
April 18, 2002
Bill Due
Why did the DMN kill a story about political favoritism? Guess right and win!
News
October 26, 2000
Pumped Out
Major gas companies are driving away independent station operators, all in the name of greed
News
June 8, 2000
Whizzing inside the tent
ExxonMobil shareholders use their stock to push a corporate giant toward change
News
April 27, 2000
The shallow end
Personal vendettas drain Dallas' wading pools for poor kids
News
July 11, 1996
The power of the picket
It doesn't pay to cross Daisy Joe
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