Oil ripoff update: As reported by Harpers’ Magazine online, Congress may vote as early as today in favor of Iraq’s proposed oil law, which would hand control of much or most of the nation’s oil…
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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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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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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…
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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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Donor Pulls Funds Over Exxon Deal
Appalled by advertisements from oil giant ExxonMobil touting its sweetheart deal with Stanford University, movie producer Steve Bing has rescinded a pledge to donate $2.5 million to the school, The San Jose Mercury News reported…
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Alaska Senator Calls CEO Liar
Alaska Senator Kim Elton has a searing response for Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson, who told Wall Street this week that doing business with Alaska was problematic because the state changed tax policies on the company….
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Majors Surrender To Chavez
President Bush may not be willing to utter Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez’s name during his trip to Latin America, even while Chavez led flag-waving supporters with Bush insults and chants of "Gringo, Go Home." But…
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West Coast Refinery Profits Double
The San Francisco Chronicle reports: "Profit margins at California’s gasoline refineries are soaring. And they’re taking pump prices along for the ride. Refinery profit margins have more than doubled since last fall, according to one…
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CEO’s Wall Street Magic Show
Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson went to Wall Street with the twin goals of promoting Exxon’s stock and letting the public and Congress feel Exxon is putting its profits back into energy production. Tillerson said Exxon…
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Oil Giants Succumb to Raccoon, Possum
Wholesale gasoline prices jumped 7 cents a gallon in the Los Angeles area Monday after a raccoon and a possum briefly shorted out power lines to the ExxonMobil refinery in Torrance and a Shell Oil…