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The Big Double Cross
Today, AFSCME, the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, which represents the average Americans who clean our streets and schools, nurse us back to health and many other...
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Senate gives Big Oil another free pass
Just what Big Oil needed: another victory. First, Congress fails to pass legislation that would respond to last summer’s catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Then, President Barack Obama...
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Public Citizen’s Week on Tap
Flickr photo by fragglerawker_03 What’s up this week at Public Citizen? We’re keeping busy to make sure that your voices are being heard in the halls of power. Today, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg...
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BP’s ‘disappointing’ profits — still sky-high
Poor BP. The multibillion-dollar oil company that has continued to pollute our waters and ignore the safety of its workers just can’t win. This morning, BP reported its disappointing profits for the...
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Public Citizen president takes on corporations on The Daily Show
In the midst of the current economic crisis, one group isn’t struggling so much: corporations. They’ve had sky-high profits, have opted out of paying taxes and have all the governmental support they...
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If the BP disaster was an “incident,” then Katrina was a little rainstorm
You just can’t make this stuff up. The government announced today that it is going to let BP do exploratory deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Yes, BP — the oil giant that in April 2010 was at...
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The unlearned lessons of the BP disaster
Robert Weissman is president of Public Citizen. The BP disaster taught us many things: Giant corporations cannot be trusted to behave responsibly, and have the ability to inflict massive damage on...
View ArticleBP and the Insanity of Expecting Different Results
I’m a firm believer in 2nd chances. Everyone makes mistakes. And depending on the seriousness of said mistake, one act shouldn’t necessarily define the character of a person or a corporation. But what...
View ArticleHouse Energy Bills Threaten US Economy With Higher Prices
Domestic Fossil Fuel Abundance Fails to Deliver Cheap Energy For Americans House Republicans plan votes before July 4 on at least three bills (HR 6, HR 3301, HR 4899) to increase domestic fossil fuel...
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Now That Court Has Found BP Grossly Negligent, Company Should Stop Legal...
Statement of Tyson Slocum, Director, Public Citizen’s Energy Program Public Citizen applauds U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier’s long-awaited ruling that BP acted with gross negligence in setting off...
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