Mr. John S. Watson
Incoming Chief Executive Officer
Chevron Corporation

Dear Mr. Watson:

Congratulations on your promotion to the helm of Chevron. I am writing on behalf of Rainforest Action Network to make you an offer.

Late last month, on October 24th, tens of thousands of...

As Joe Berlinger's Crude continues to rack up favorable reviews, a captivating email back-and-forth has been revealed between Trudie Styler and executives at Chevron, the oil giant which has been facing increasing criticism for neglecting to clean up more than 1,000 contaminated sites in Ecuador.

Several weeks...

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The horn blasted right outside the window where we slept early this morning.

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Ah, yes. Mornings in the coal...

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Fair enough. We clearly need...

This year, for the first time ever, the World Social Forum is being held in the Amazon, featuring the largest indigenous delegation in the history of the Forum. In an extraordinary and inspirational demonstration, more than one thousand indigenous leaders from throughout the Amazon and around the world gathered yeseterday...

This is an open letter released today from Wendell Berry and Bill McKibben:

Dear Friends,

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In a stirring column in Monday's New York Times, editorial writer Lawrence Downes urged former Obama campaign volunteers to enlist in another tour of duty.

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An op-ed reprinted from Wednesday's San Francisco Chronicle...

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"What can I do about it?"

As I wrote in my new book,...

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In the end, climate change made us quit.

On most days, we're like any other card-carrying, food-conscious environmentalists. My wife and I shop at our local natural grocery store, dutifully selecting locally grown, organic produce. We planted fruit trees a few years ago, our summer vegetable garden is thriving, and...