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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US: BP Blamed In Texas City Blast
The United States Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board issued its final blistering report about BP’s role in the 2005 explosion at the company’s Texas City refinery that killed 15 BP employees and 180 others….
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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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BP’s Well-Lit Greenwash
BP’s loudly trumpeted new “green” gas station in Los Angeles has low-energy green-colored LED lights that give it a Gehry-crossed-with-Disneyland look at night, according to the NotCot design blog. But there’s nothing green about the…
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BP “Terrified” Investigators
BP’s unsafe culture at its Texas refinery "terrified" the primary U.S. government organization investigating the 2005 explosion that was the worst U.S. industrial accident in decades, the group’s chairman said Monday. The U.S. Chemical Safety…
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Conoco Joins Eco-Bandwagon
ConocoPhillips announced Wednesday that it will follow other oil giants in increasing research for alternative sources of energy. It said it would increase spending on biofuels and other alternative energies to $150 million, or about…
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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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FTCR: UC Berkeley Must Avoid Stanford Mistake That Allowed Big Oil “Greenwashing”
NEWS RELEASE March 12, 2007 CONTACT: Jamie Court, 310-392-0522, ext. 327, or John M. Simpson, 310-292-1902 (cell) Stanford should make its research public immediately. Santa Monica, CA — UC Berkeley must not allow one of…
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BP-Berkeley’s Fuzzy Formula
BP has been taking some heat from faculty and students at UC Berkeley who don’t like the idea of the university’s $500 million partnership with the energy giant to develop bio-fuels. The real question is…
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BP Wooed Regulators Before Blast
The Financial Times newspaper reports that BP aggressively courted Texas state regulators and public officials, successfully staving off new regulation before a 2005 refinery explosion in Texas City that killed 15 people. Lax safety practices…
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Museum Sells Naming Rights to BP
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art will name its huge solar-powered entry pavilion the “BP Grand Entrance” in exchange for a $25 million donation from the oil giant, the Los Angeles Times reports. BP …
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Big Oil, Venezuela and the IMF
Even as Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatens to take over oilfields run by ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP and Shell, he’s using his oil money to undermine the International Monetary Fund, reports Bloomberg. And while the U.S….
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Taking Back Prudhoe’s Tax Break
BP is playing hardball with legislation in Alaska that seeks to take back the company’s tax deduction for repairing improperly maintained facilities, like the Prudhoe Bay plant. The Anchorage Daily News reports that a BP…