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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Will Arnold Take On Chevron?
4-18-07 by Court The lawyer from Ecuador who is prosecuting Chevron for its crimes against the Amazon has written Arnold Schwarzenegger, asking the Gov to get tough with Chevron, which has kicked in more than…
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CA Pipeline Break Next Excuse?
04-18-07 by Court As gas prices hit new records in the Bay Area, the rupturing of a pipeline that moves oil between Bakersfield and Shell’s Martinez refinery backed up traffic along I-580 for miles near…
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Chevron ‘Ready to Engage’ E85?
04-16-07 by dugan …Well, ready enough that two of its mid-level managers phoned OilWatchdog and said the company “recognizes the tide of interest” in renewable fuels and wants gas station operators to “engage with us.”…
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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…
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Conoco Takes The Plunge
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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Chevron’s ‘Jungle Law’
William Langewiesche, the lyricist of disaster, has the cover story of the May Vanity Fair with "Jungle Law," on Chevron’s trial in Ecuador. It’s a $6 billion tale of blood, oil and the persistence of Ecuadorean…
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Exxon Tactic Shocking … in Canada
A Vancouver , B.C. tabloid reporter, Sean Holman, nails ExxonMobil today, describing its offer to an energy official of a public P.R. campaign to change public opinion on drilling in coastal waters. The public in…
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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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Pols’ Spring Break With Execs
4-04-07 by Court The Sacramento Bee’s Shane Goldmacher reminds us again how big oil companies get extra special time with legislators beyond what their campaign contributions buy. Goldmacher writes about a trip to Japan where…