By Simpson05-07-07 Students at UC Berkeley who don’t want the venerable institution transformed into UCBP as a result of a $500 million deal with the oil giant, plan a demonstration on Tuesday. Organizers say they…
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A Connect-the-Dots Moment
04-27-07 by Dugan Here’s news that screams “Brought To You By Big Oil” Well-reported stories from the AP and USA Today report a sharp oil price jump after news of a foiled Al Qaeda…
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It’s ALL about oil
04-27-07 by Simpson ExxonMobil is an oil company and Chief Executive Rex Tillerson sees no reason to broaden his horizon to include investing in alternate energy. "I don’t have a lot of technology to add…
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Will profs learn from students?
4-26-07 by Simpson UC Berkeley’s faculty members could learn something from their students. Unlike the faculty senate’s toothless compromise resolution about the proposed $500 million deal with oil giant BP that could transform the campus…
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Exxon Taints Stanford Research
NEWS RELEASE April 26, 2007 CONTACT: John M. Simpson, (310) 392-0522 ext. 317 or cell: (310) 292-1902, or Jamie Court, (310) 392-0522, ext. 327 Credibility of New Stanford University Energy Research Tainted by ExxonMobil Ties…
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Chevron v. Amazon & Environment
4-25-07 by Court Chevron shareholders meeting today in San Ramon will hear from Amazon villagers about the company’s failure to settle up for the worst oil related disaster in the world. Subsidiary Texaco dumped…
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Deal pushed at ‘warp speed’
Simpson4-23-2007 Why has UC Berkeley’s administration so vigorously pushed the $500 million deal with BP to fund a research institute? Prof. Anne Wagner offered an explanation to her colleagues last week. She is one of…
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Dumping the Guzzler
04-21-07 by dugan Happy Earth Day, OilWatchdoggers. To celebrate, the hubby and I dumped the 13-year-old guzzler and bought a Prius. OK, we’re way behind blogger Simpson, who’s been driving a sleeker, more efficient…
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It’s academic…
Simpson4-19-2007 Meeting in a special session, UC Berkeley’s faculty senate struggled with parliamentary procedures to reject resolutions that would have asked Chancellor Robert Birgeneau to delay signing a $500 million deal with oil giant…
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Killer E85
04-19-07 by dugan Stanford scientist Mark Jacobson’s skeptical report on ethanol fuels is a ringing cry for… what? Only a conniving Iowa farmer would suggest that E85 replace conservation, hybrids or public transit. So I…
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Don’t Turn Berkeley Into “UCBP”
NEWS RELEASE: April 19, 2007 CONTACT: John M. Simpson, (310)-392-0522, ext. 317, or cell: (310)-292-1902, or Jamie Court, (310)-392-0522, ext. 327 Don’t Let Big Oil Turn Cal Berkeley Into "UCBP," Consumers and Professor Warn Berkeley,…
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Who to believe?
By Simpson4-15-2007 Proponents of the plan to have BP fund an alternate energy research institute at UC Berkeley squared off in the San Francisco Chronicle opinion pages against those who think the university is selling…
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Berkeley Deal w/BP Not “Open”;
NEWS RELEASE: April 12, 2007 CONTACT: John M. Simpson, (310) 392-0522, ext. 317, or cell: (310) 292-1902 Berkeley Chancellor Mischaracterized Dealings With BP As "Open"; Key proposal documents were withheld from public view until revealed…