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Exxon Mobil Corporation

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Reader: Denver Post changes are like Exxon watering down gas

    Our item sharing a memo from editor Greg Moore about impending cuts in the Denver Post copy-editing department, which sources tell us could result in two-thirds of the staff being laid off, prompted plenty of discussion about the state of journalism today. Here's a comment from a reader who thinks s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Big Oil making big profits on declining production

    ​It's official: 2011 was a record-busting year in the oil industry, with the five largest companies -- BP, ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and Royal Dutch Shell -- reporting all-time-high profits of $137 billion. That's a 75 percent jump from the year before, even though the giants produc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Doug Lamborn's oil-shale move: Is he a cheap date for the energy industry?

    I know, I know. There are lots of other folks out there struggling to make ends meet, unsung worker drones subsisting on sweatshop wages. But let's face it: Doug Lamborn is underpaid. I'm not talking about his base salary of $174,000 as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. That's standar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Harrold Wright: The unsung whistleblower behind a big settlement with Big Oil

    John JohnstonBobby Maxwell​The Department of the Interior's Office of Natural Resources Revenue recently announced that Shell Oil and related companies have agreed to pay the goverment $2.2 million to resolve claims that the companies underpaid royalties from natural gas wells on federal and I ... More >>

  • News

    April 21, 2011

    MapQuest turns fifteen

    John JohnstonBobby Maxwell​The Department of the Interior's Office of Natural Resources Revenue recently announced that Shell Oil and related companies have agreed to pay the goverment $2.2 million to resolve claims that the companies underpaid royalties from natural gas wells on federal and I ... More >>

  • News

    February 17, 2011

    Dana Cain creates her own fun -- and makes Denver fun for creators

    John JohnstonBobby Maxwell​The Department of the Interior's Office of Natural Resources Revenue recently announced that Shell Oil and related companies have agreed to pay the goverment $2.2 million to resolve claims that the companies underpaid royalties from natural gas wells on federal and I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Restaurant Kevin Taylor snags Denver's only Forbes Four Star rating

    Restaurant Kevin Taylor​Kevin Taylor's eponymous restaurant has attained Denver's first Forbes (formerly Mobil) Travel Guide Four Star rating, making it into the first round of 2010 winners named since the Mobil brand moved to Forbes. The Forbes Travel website describes the insane criteria p ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 19, 2009

    Say Yes to the Yes Men

    Restaurant Kevin Taylor​Kevin Taylor's eponymous restaurant has attained Denver's first Forbes (formerly Mobil) Travel Guide Four Star rating, making it into the first round of 2010 winners named since the Mobil brand moved to Forbes. The Forbes Travel website describes the insane criteria p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    Denver's newest road trip: Interstate Kitchen & Bar

    Lori Midson​Interstate Kitchen & Bar made its debut on Thursday, September 10, at 901 West Tenth Avenue (the former Santa Fe Tequila Company space). It's a kitschy urban roadhouse bedecked with utilitarian shelving -- a la Home Depot -- and a psychedelic robin's egg blue paint palette. In the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    Did the spontaneity-free climate-change rally in Greeley have a Mr. Burns touch?

    As we pointed out yesterday, a climate-change rally in Greeley on Wednesday didn't exactly qualify as a grassroots uprising, given the participation of EnergyCitizens.org, an affiliate of the American Petroleum Institute, which opposes legislation to cap greenhouse gases recently passed by the U.S. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Exxon-Mobil: admitted bird killers

    Talk about paying at the pump.​Exxon-Mobil had a bad day in court in Denver yesterday. The firm pleaded guilty to killing migratory birds in five states, including Colorado. The size of the fine and community-service payments Exxon-Mobil has agreed to pony up -- $600,000 -- is, to use an avian ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2008

    Note to Top Chef: Stop sucking

    It's been three weeks since I wrote a word about this season's Top Chef on Bravo.  Know why?  Because it has been so boring and so contrived and so stupid that the episodes themselves were painful to watch -- making me less than excited about the notion of then rehashing them here. There w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Environmental group rips Obama's choice of Ken Salazar as Interior Secretary

    Local coverage of Barack Obama's selection of Colorado Senator Ken Salazar as the next Secretary of the Interior has mostly been rah-rah, sis-boom-bah. Take the Denver Post editorial "Salazar a Wise Choice for West, Nation." But as noted in a National Public Radio story, assorted environmental gro ... More >>

  • News

    September 4, 2008

    William Orr's quest for better, cheaper gas left him facing prison time

    Local coverage of Barack Obama's selection of Colorado Senator Ken Salazar as the next Secretary of the Interior has mostly been rah-rah, sis-boom-bah. Take the Denver Post editorial "Salazar a Wise Choice for West, Nation." But as noted in a National Public Radio story, assorted environmental gro ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 10, 2008

    Politics of Anger

    David Sirota describes an uprising.

  • News

    July 10, 2008

    Denver's Own Royal Tenenbaums

    The late Timber Dick's children are carrying on a brilliant family legacy that includes Nancy Dick and Tom Lantos.

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2008

    Oil Shale Rush Is Déjà Vu All Over Again

    The late Timber Dick's children are carrying on a brilliant family legacy that includes Nancy Dick and Tom Lantos.

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2007

    Politicking on the Plateau

    The late Timber Dick's children are carrying on a brilliant family legacy that includes Nancy Dick and Tom Lantos.

  • Calendar

    June 7, 2007

    Sacrificial Slope

    The late Timber Dick's children are carrying on a brilliant family legacy that includes Nancy Dick and Tom Lantos.

  • News

    November 16, 2006

    Fighting Mad

    Tycoon Jack Grynberg says the energy industry has stolen millions from him -- and billions from the government. What if he's right?

  • News

    September 8, 2005

    Duke of Oil

    He took on big energy companies and won. So why did the feds fire him?

  • Dining

    May 6, 2004

    The Waiting Game

    Bistro Vendome marks an important milestone.

  • Music

    March 4, 2004

    Channel Zero

    On his tour, Sage Francis flips Clear Channel the bird.

  • Dining

    January 15, 2004

    Bite Me

    Brain Drain

  • News

    January 1, 2004

    Raiding the Roan

    Rich in wildlife and natural resources, the Roan Plateau survived the last energy boom. Will this one destroy it?

  • News

    March 20, 2003

    Surf's Up

    The evolution of mankind, and sports, is made possible by...click...Anna Kournikova.

  • Dining

    February 13, 2003

    A Rocky Romance

    Once something special, an evening at Tante Louise can lag.

  • Dining

    January 30, 2003

    A Beautiful Dine

    Opal’s initial concept sounded ridiculous, but the result is sublime.

  • News

    October 24, 2002

    Off Limits

    Can't we all just get along?

  • Dining

    September 26, 2002

    Bite Me

    Luca Streak

  • Food & Drink

    April 4, 2002

    Best Expense-Account Dinner

    Restaurant Kevin Taylor

  • Food & Drink

    April 4, 2002

    Best French Restaurant

    Tante Louise

  • Dining

    December 13, 2001

    The Bite

    Season's Eatings

  • Dining

    December 6, 2001

    Star Struck

    The Broadmoor has a heavenly reputation, but the food falls flat.

  • News

    October 4, 2001

    Gas Pains

    Drilling for natural gas on the Western Slope has punched holes in some residents' dreams of solitude. Others see it as the way of the West.

  • Culture

    June 7, 2001

    The Great Escape

    Baz Luhrmann makes movies--and audiences--in his own image.

  • News

    May 3, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of May 3, 2001

  • News

    April 12, 2001

    Fill 'er Up

    Parkway Station, at your service.

  • Dining

    January 25, 2001

    Brunch Bunch

    Latecomers could miss the best of the brunch at Tuscany.

  • News

    November 9, 2000

    See You in Court

    There's plenty of fuel for lawsuits against gas companies.

  • News

    November 9, 2000

    Paying the Price

    Major gas companies are driving away independent operators, all in the name of greed.

  • Dining

    March 16, 2000

    Check, Please!

    Readers give our food critic something to chew on.

  • News

    April 23, 1998

    The Secret Formula

    Readers give our food critic something to chew on.

  • News

    January 29, 1998

    Twenty Years of Denver

    Readers give our food critic something to chew on.

  • News

    January 29, 1998

    Phil Anschutz

    The Miracle Worker

  • Dining

    February 27, 1997

    Mouthing Off

    The Miracle Worker

  • News

    December 19, 1996

    Fueling Controversy

    Does Texaco discriminate against blacks? Ask Roy Phillips, Denver's black Texaco owner.

  • News

    May 2, 1996

    Letters

    Does Texaco discriminate against blacks? Ask Roy Phillips, Denver's black Texaco owner.

  • Dining

    April 11, 1996

    Weed It and Reap

    Does Texaco discriminate against blacks? Ask Roy Phillips, Denver's black Texaco owner.

  • News

    July 12, 1995

    END OF THE LINE

    Does Texaco discriminate against blacks? Ask Roy Phillips, Denver's black Texaco owner.

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