By Simpson4-11-2007 ConocoPhillips finally took the plunge and became the first major oil company to call for regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. Other dirty Oil Giants have so far merely dabbled their toes in the…
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Conoco Pumps Cash to Big Oil U
By Simpson4-10-2007 ConocoPhillips is pushing to become a full-fledged sponsor of Big Oil U with a grant of $22.5 million to Iowa State University to develop technologies to produce biorenewable fuels. “We believe the key…
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Berkeley Chief Answers FTCR on BP
Robert Birgeneau, UCB Chancellor, has written a letter to the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights pledging that the university will ensure discoveries made at the proposed energy institute funded by a $500 million deal with…
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Greenwashers’ Update
Within the frame of a corporate-oriented publication, Business Week does a thorough rundown of the oil industry’s new green advertising, giving it more cred than OilWatchdog would, but with loads of skeptic quotes. Here’s one…
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Climate Change Deniers, Take This!
Goodbye, Colorado River, and Goodbye, Bangladesh Lowlands. The LA Times today predicts long-term drought in the Colorado River Basin, and the UN releases its "Policy Summary" with more grisly details on its 2007 climate change…
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Oil Junket Criticism Grows
04-06 by Court Today the San Diego Union Tribune added to the chorus of media criticism about junkets for California politicians flying around the world on the dime of the world’s largest oil companies. The…
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Chevron Talks Green, Yet Prevents Retailers From Selling Renewable Fuels
NEWS RELEASE:March 29, 2007 Contact: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522 ext. 305, cell: 213-280-0175; Jamie Court, ext. 327, cell: 310-874-9989; Tim Hamilton, 360-495-4941 Letter to Chevron CEO Marks Launch of New Web Site, www.OilWatchdog.org Santa Monica, CA…
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Big Oil Buys Berkeley
Oil giant BP’s proposed research deal with UC Berkeley is threatening to push academic integrity aside in favor of profits, writes author Jennifer Washburn in the Los Angeles Times. "This is shameful " says Washburn,…
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Stanford Claims Independence In ExxonMobil Deal, But Pact Details Show Otherwise;
NEWS RELEASE: March 26, 2007 CONTACT: John M. Simpson, 310-392-0522, ext. 317, or 310-292-1902 (cell) Key part of research agreement remains secret Santa Monica, CA — Stanford University President John Hennessy was asked today by…
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Al Gore vs. White House Deniers
Al Gore returned to Congress today to call for honest action against global warming, as more details emerged about how the White House and its oil industry allies deliberately softened climate change evidence. A New…
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ConocoPhillips Tries To Buy Into “Big Oil U” In Greenwash Campaign
NEWS RELEASE: March 20, 2007 CONTACT: John M. Simpson, 310-392-0522 ext. 317, cell: 310-292-1902, or Jamie Court, ext. 327, cell: 310-874-9989 Disturbing trend must be stopped to preserve academic integrity at U.S. colleges, consumer advocates…
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Big Oil U?
Two the world’s largest oil companies are planting their flag in two of America’s top universities in order to wash some dirty laundry. The terms of the two separate deals, between Stanford and Exxon, and…
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Exxon Gets Stanford Inventions
ExxonMobil, one of four corporate sponsors, is giving $100 million to fund Stanford University’s Global Climate and Energy Project. The oil giant, which has regularly cast doubt on the damage caused by greenhouse gases, gets…