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driver fills up at gas station Big Oil Profits Still Racing as Pump Prices Remain High: Daniel J. Weiss breaks down the third-quarter profits of the titan energy companies and finds they are on track for a record-setting year largely due to high oil prices.

man pumps gas Big Oil Pumps Up Profits with Americans’ Cash: Consumers and taxpayers helped boost oil company earnings in the second quarter thanks to higher gas prices and unnecessary subsidies, writes Kalen Pruss.

Chevron oil rig Big Oil’s Lying Statistics: Seth Hanlon and Daniel J. Weiss deconstruct the latest “research” funded by the oil industry defending nearly $30 billion in tax loopholes.

oil prices Reserve Oil Sale Will Boost Economy: The Obama administration’s decision to release 30 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve will translate into savings at the pump and add to our GDP, write Daniel J. Weiss, Christina DiPasquale, and Valeri Vasquez.

cars on highway Memorial Day Driving by the Numbers: Daniel J. Weiss and Valeri Vasquez examine how much high gas prices and oil speculation are costing Americans as they take to the roads this weekend.

The House Wants to Slow the Military’s Clean Energy March: Congress should remove the provision in the National Defense Authorization Act that would halt the military’s progress in developing advanced biofuels, writes Daniel J. Weiss.

Ending Big Oil’s Tax Holiday: Daniel J. Weiss and Kate Gordon detail why taxpayers deserve $21 billion back by ending unnecessary oil industry tax breaks. Sen. Menendez knows the score.

Eliminating Big Oil Tax Loopholes Won't Lead to a Tax Increase: Seth Hanlon and Daniel J. Weiss explain why oil company lobbyists are wrong when they claim that ending handouts to companies will increase taxes.

Americans to Big Oil: We’ve Got Your Number: Daniel J. Weiss and Valeri Vasquez take a by-the-numbers look at taxpayers’ contributions to record oil profits.

Latinos and Latino Businesses Are Hit Hard by High Gas Prices: High gas prices and oil dependence are hurting Latino communities and business owners, write Jorge Madrid and Valeri Vasquez.

Big Oil Visits the Stock Market With Your Money: The big five oil companies used their megaprofits from the first quarter to repurchase their own stock and enrich themselves, write Daniel J. Weiss and Valeri Vasquez.

Cleaner Cars, Less Foreign Oil: John Podesta, Carl Pope, and Gene Karpinski lay out an agenda for cutting our oil dependence and investing in cleaner transportation.

Quenching Our Thirst for Oil : The growing global demand for oil is harming U.S. security and our economy. Susan Lyon, Rebecca Lefton, and Daniel J. Weiss offer solutions.

The False Promise of ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’: Big Oil is quick to exploit recent oil price spikes as a reason to expand domestic oil production, writes Daniel J. Weiss.