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ALEC's Other 'Deadly Force' Campaign to Kill Climate Initiatives

Elliott Negin | Posted 06.20.2012 | Politics
Read More: Union of Concerned Scientists, American Legislative Exchange Council, Koch Brothers, General Motors, Center for Media and Democracy, Climate Science, Exxon Mobil, Exxonmobil, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, BP America, Global Warming Deniers, DeSmog Blog, Heartland Institute, Global Warming, Green News, Voting Rights, Politics News
Elliott Negin

With ALEC in the spotlight, what has still gone unmentioned is its longtime stealth campaign to scuttle state -- and federal -- climate change initiatives, despite the fact that a number of its corporate members publicly acknowledge that global warming is a serious problem.

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BP Lands the '2010 Accidental Earth Experiment' Prize!!!

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Energy, Natural Resources, Microbes, Bp, Gulf of Mexico, Ecosystems, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Science, Environmental Scientist, Earth, BP America, Methane, Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Disaster, Sunspots, Positive Feedback, Aerosols, Climate Change, Deepwater Horizon, Volcanoes, Oil, Carbon Dioxide, Anthropocene, Greenhouse Gases, Offshore Energy, Oceans, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Ice, Global Warming, Natural Gas, Green News
Bill Chameides

Crossposted with www.TheGreenGrok.com. Award Achieved Through Remarkable Corporate Focus on Negligence and Incompetence While BP has distanced itself ...

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Gulf Oil Blowout and Gusher: Environmental Catastrophe or Much Ado About Nothing?

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Dulac Community Center, Bp, Gulf of Mexico, Plaquemines Parish, BP America, Rebecca Templeton, Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Disaster, Rivers, Billy Nungesser, Jamie Billiot, Marshes, Oil Drilling, Oil Spill, Mississippi Delta, Deepwater Horizon, Oil, Wetlands, Oceans, Wildlife, Bayou Grace, Mississippi River, Green News
Bill Chameides

The blowout accident is just one more in a seemingly endless string of environmental insults and injuries. Life on the bayou gets harder each year and a rich and unique heritage is slowly eroding away.

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Waxman and Markey's Hydraulic Fracking Smackdown

Kevin Grandia | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Chesapeake Energy Corporation, EOG Resources, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Conocophillips, Inc., Devon Energy Corporation, EQT Corporation, BP America, Encana Corporation, ExxonMobil Corporation, Ed Markey, Henry Waxman, Green News
Kevin Grandia

Looks like the US Congress is going to crack down on the natural gas industry over the nasty process of hydraulic fracturing.

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Oil Sh%& Happens: Is It Worth It?

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Rex Tillerson, John McCain, Alaska, Bp, Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico, Exxon Mobil, American Petroleum Institute, Policy, Oil Reserves, BP America, Barack Obama, Exxon Valdez, Lisa Murkowski, Politics, Oil Spill, Oil Drilling, George Will, Deepwater Horizon, Oil, Oceans, Offshore Energy, Oil Company, Green News
Bill Chameides

As the deepwater oil spill arrives on the Gulf Coast, just some quotes to consider ... from John McCain to Barack Obama to George Will.

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Meet the new face of BP's damage control campaign

theGrio | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: New Orleans, Bp, Insurance, Darryl Willis, Claims, Hurricane Katrina, BP America, Gulf Coast, Oil Spill, Offshore Drilling, Bv-Money, Business News
theGrio

Is Darryl Willis's rise to the top of BP's spill response a cynical play of the race card by a company that's been hammered for its environmental and economic destruction, public insensitivity, and dodges and evasions?

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BP America FINED $5.2 Million For Misreporting Output In Colorado

AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Southern Ute, Colorado, Interior Department, Bp, BP America, Denver News

DENVER — The Obama administration has fined BP America $5.2 million for allegedly submitting false reports about energy production on an Indian ...

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Weathering the Oil Spill: Tar Balls, Streamers, and Eddies

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Energy, Hypoxia, Bp, Dead Zone, Science, Kerry-Lieberman Climate Bill, Oil Spill Tar Balls, Lindsey Graham, Policy, BP America, Barack Obama, Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Disaster, Politics, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Jane Lubchenco, Oil Spill, Fossil Fuels, Climate Change, Deepwater Horizon, Oil, Environment, Offshore Energy, Noaa, Climate Bill, Loop Current, Subsurface Plume, Global Warming, Green News
Bill Chameides

Today's oil spill news is dominated by Obama's Oval Office speech, but the highlight for me was a quiet update by the head of NOAA yesterday.

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When You Add 2,400 Businesses and Lose Three, You're Winning

James Boyce | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: American Business for Clean Energy, Conocophillips, US Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), Clean Energy, Climate Change, Caterpillar, BP America, Business, James Boyce, We Can Lead, Business News
James Boyce

Two weeks ago, BP America, Caterpillar Inc. and ConocoPhillips decided not to renew their membership in the US Climate Action Partnership.

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Business America Lights a Candle for Copenhagen

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Symantec, Pepsi Co, Copenhagen 2009, Johnson & Johnson, President Obama, Honeywell, BP America, Shell Oil, United States Climate Action Partnership, We-Can-Lead, General Motors, Applied Materials, Starbucks, Duke Energy, Caterpillar, Nrg-Energy, Dupont, Alcoa, Levi Strauss, Business News
Jonathan A. Schein

There are many in the corporate realm who "get it" -- that's why they're finding new and innovative ways to combat climate change.

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Oil Chiefs Say High Prices Not Our Fault

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Gas Prices, Oil Prices, Conocophillips, Edward Markey, Oil Companies, Chevron Corp, Exxon Mobil, Congress, BP America, Big Oil, Shell Oil, Business News

WASHINGTON — Don't blame us, oil industry chiefs told a skeptical Congress. Top executives of the country's five biggest oil companies said Tues...

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