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Washington - Environmental groups are urging the State Department to stop construction on the Keystone XL Pipeline. Starting from Monday, consumer watchdog organization, SumOfUs.org is placing ads in the DC metro system, exposing images of the Arkansas oil spill.

On Tuesday, troops from Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region opened fire on an Iraqi army helicopter flying near Sikanyan town located north of Kirkuk, a city which sits atop some of the world's largest oil reserves.

Apple Inc. temporarily surpassed oil giant ExxonMobil as the world's most valuable company yesterday. Even though the technology company didn't finish on top, it is projected it will accomplish that task soon enough.

A rupture at a BP pipeline closed for maintenance spilled 4200 gallons of a mixture of methanol and oily water onto the Alaskan tundra over the weekend.

The GOP has executed the largest transfer of wealth in U.S. history. Due to unfair tax schemes and an obsession for selling out to corporations while hobbling the middle class, the U.S. has record numbers of billionaires and people living in poverty.

Washington - Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson has labeled an attempt by US Senate Democrats to pass a bill that would repeal tax breaks for oil companies as counterproductive and has charged the undertaking as “misinformed and discriminatory.”

Houston - ExxonMobile, America’s largest refinery, is facing a federal lawsuit from a group of Texas environmentalists working together at reducing harmful emissions created by violators of the Clean Air Act.

The energy sector got a boost on Monday due to strong earnings from Exxon Mobil and comments made by coal analysts and that lead to a broad stock market rally.

Critics of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq cite the American "thirst for oil" as the primary motivation. Recent events have proven them wrong. The recently completed auction of Iraqi oil production rights was dominated by other countries.

Exxon Mobil Corp, America's largest oil company, agrees to purchase XTO, boosting energy stocks. With speculation of emission restrictions, Exxon now secures a greater supply of natural gas.