Crude-oil futures rallied for a third straight session, climbing above $62 on the New York Mercantile Exchange on unexpected declines in inventories and forecasts of chilly weather heading toward the East Coast. Here is Wednesday’s roundup of oil and energy news:
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WAGONER’S PROMISE: The Greater Los Angeles Auto Show began with two days of media previews before opening to the public. General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner said the U.S. needs to reduce dependence on foreign energy and insisted the No. 1 auto maker is accelerating its efforts to meet the challenge by being the first to offer a plug-in hybrid and by expanding its production of biofuel vehicles.
•Toyota Presses for Hybrid Tax Breaks: Toyota North American President Jim Press urged Congress to extend federal tax credits for hybrid vehicles and accelerate its buying of hybrids and alternative fleet vehicles to help address energy concerns.
•Saudi Warning on Iraq: Nawaf Obaid, an adviser to the Saudi government, warns in a Washington Post op-ed piece that Saudi Arabia will take steps to protect Sunnis in Iraq, if need be, including dramatically increasing oil output to cut oil prices and hurt Iran’s economy.
•SCOTUS Takes up Global Warming: Frustrated by Bush administration inaction on global warming, states and environmentalists urged an apparently divided Supreme Court to declare greenhouse gases to be air pollutants that the government must regulate.
•Big Field Bigger Than Expected: EOG Resources said preliminary exploration shows the prolific Barnett Shale natural-gas field in North Texas extends much farther south than previously believed.
•Bolivian Senate OKs Nationalization: Bolivia’s Senate approved nationalization contracts with foreign oil companies during a hastily called session that ended early Wednesday morning.
•Auto-Show Drama: WSJ.com’s reporter’s notebook from the L.A. Auto Show includes an entry about hecklers demanding that Mr. Wagoner sign a pledge to make GM the most fuel-efficient auto maker by 2010. In another entry, Mr. Wagoner muses on Thomas Edison’s desire to power cars with electricity.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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