08-23-07 by dugan ExxonMobil is quick to raise gasoline prices whenever "supplies are short." But its ability to go slow is phenomenal when it comes to big lawsuits. Exxon’s army of lawyers has spent more…
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Chevron ‘Didn’t Just Dial 911’
08-16-07 by dugan Chevron’s chief tactic against foreign environmental and human rights lawsuits is scorched-earth denial, but it lately it hasn’t been working. A federal judge in San Francisco ruled Tuesday that Nigerian…
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What Would Tesoro Do?
06-04-07 by dugan Wow. A refiner makes a business decision that also benefits consumers. Pop the Champagne! The LA Times reports today on the decision by Tesoro Corp., a Texas-based refining company, to modernize and…
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Humbled? Don’t take the money
By Simpson4-12-2007 It’s not just consumers who are outraged by Big Oil CEO compensation. Disgruntled BP shareholders said a planned payment of an estimated £72 million — $124.5 million — to outgoing chief executive John…
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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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State Risk Seen in Chevron-Yukos Deal
California State controller John Chiang has sent a letter to the state employees’ huge retirement fund known as CalPERS, advising it to be wary of Chevron’s attempt to buy the tainted assets of Russia’s dismantled…
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BP Safety Letters
Raw documents on deficient safety culture of BP