As his thought process continues evolving from “think about it” to giving it “serious thought,” Texas Governor Rick Perry now feels “called” to run for president of the US, and some in the mainstream media are lining up for a coat tail ride.

A controversial method known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has settled over South Texas and is set to transform its oil fields, the brush country and its water sources into a chemical wasteland, even as media reports "unfortunately" strike out.

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.”