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Big Oil has flooded campuses with millions of dollars to pay for clean energy research at American universities, undermining tradition academic values and potentially furthering a narrow commercial research agenda, according to a report released Thursday by the Center for American Progress. Jennifer Washburn shows how Big Oil has underwritten research at top-tier universities with few protections for scientific objectivity or scholarly independence.
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5-16-08 by simpson Chevron Corp. just gave $100,000 to Gov. Schwarzenegger’s Dream Team Committee making the oil giant the 14th biggest contributor to Arnold since 2003. Chevron has given his various committees a total of…
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Chevron Busts Family Budgets In Struggling California Town Of Casmalia State PUC Grants Oil Giant’s Water Company 89.7 Percent Rate Increase; Chevron Wanted 138 Percent CONTACT: John M. Simpson, 310-392-0522, ext 317; or cell: 310-292-1902…
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The following Op-Ed Commentary by Consumer Watchdog’s John M. Simpson, was published in the San Francisco Chronicle on Thursday, May 15, 2008: They say oil and water don’t mix. Maybe that’s why Chevron is so…
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04-30-08 by simpson What’s known as America’s First Family of Oil, the Rockefellers, wants Exxon Mobil, the oil giant descended from John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil, to change it is ways. They’re worried the company…
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04-29-08 by simpson Oil giant ExxonMobil is as secretive as its competitors in Russia and China, according to a report just released by Transparency International, a global organization fighting corruption. "The tragic paradox, that many…
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4-23-08 by simpson An Apache Junction, Arizona, trucking firm is fighting to stay in business in the face of $4-a-gallon diesel by driving across the border to Mexico to buy fuel where it sells for…
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04-03-08 by simpson Residents of the tiny Central Coast community of Casmalia are asking if Oil Giant Chevron, which supplies water to the community through a subsidiary, wants to turn the hamlet into a ghost…
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33/20/08 by simpson What’s it take to keep government chugging along smoothly in your favor? In Exxon Mobil’s case, the oil giant’s executives opted to plunk down $16.9 million in 2007 to lobby the federal…
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3-04-08 by simpson A California Public Utilities Commission staff report recommends a whopping 89.7 percent rate increase for a Chevron-owned water company serving the tiny hamlet of Casmalia. Not as outrageous as the 138 percent…
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1-24-08 by simpson As econmic storm clouds gather and politicos in Washington scramble to prevent a recession, much attention has been focused on the housing market and bad loans. Our oil industry expert, "Insider" sees…
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NEWS RELEASE January 7, 2008 CONTACT: John M. Simpson, 310-392-0522, x317; or cell: 310-292-1902 ConocoPhillips Rides Oil Prices To Record Earnings As Consumers Face Soaring Costs at the Gas Pump First of Big Oil Giants…
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1-21-08 by simpson The prestigious Center for Science in the Public Interest has joined us in warning of the dangers Big Oil money poses to university research. In a report issued today CSPI says…
