Chevron

Happy Oil Dependence Day

Robert Scheer | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics


Robert Scheer

It was always about the oil -- that's why "we" invaded Iraq -- only "we" aren't getting any, at least not at a reasonable price. The oil companies are.

The REAL McCain: Big Oil Fuels the Straight Talk Express

Robert Greenwald | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics


Robert Greenwald

Will McCain hold the corporate leaders of the energy industry accountable when he addresses them today in Houston? Probably not, considering they are some of his biggest fund-raisers.

What To Do About the Price of Oil

Robert Weissman | Posted 05.28.2008 | Business


Robert Weissman

The oil companies' staggering profits are a windfall of the purest sort. This is not a moral judgment about the oil companies, it is just a description of what's happening.

Burma's Criminal "Malign Neglect"

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics


John Tepper Marlin

Burma is making China look like a world leader on human rights. The troops in China are pitching in to help earthquake victims, Burmese troops have blocked the way to relief from the cyclone.

Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.09.2008 | Media


Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

Hundreds of ducks made a fatal landing in oil and toxic sludge; Republicans block federal aid to wind and solar; the shocking testimony of three whistleblowers on US contractors in Iraq.

$200 a Barrel Oil: It Could Go Much Higher!

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 05.07.2008 | Business


Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Oil power and money is in the hands of people and governments I would not want to eat dinner with, much less ask to make important decisions affecting the future of the planet. Pay attention.

Chevron's 1Q profit of $5.17B marks Big Oil's latest gusher

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.04.2008 | Business


SAN RAMON, Calif. — Astounding profits in the oil industry are becoming as routine as the anguished looks of motorists filling up their gas tank...

Pity the Poor Oil Company

Carl Pope | Posted 04.25.2008 | Home


Carl Pope

San Francisco -- Chevron now claims it is the "victim" of a "shakedown" by "con-men" posing as environmental advocates. ...

Lawsuit: Chevron Owes Billions For Polluting Amazon

AP | Posted 04.03.2008 | Business


A court-appointed expert says Chevron should pay up to $16 billion for allegedly polluting the Ecuadorean Amazon. A class-action lawsuit by 30,000 ju...

Aboard the Condoleezza Rice

Robert Scheer | Posted 02.13.2008 | Politics


Robert Scheer

Oil sold for $22.81 the year before the war was launched against a country with the world's second-largest holding, and the average price last year was almost three times that, at $64.20.

Chevron, BofA Join Dow Industrials

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 02.11.2008 | Business


NEW YORK — Bank of America Corp. and Chevron Corp. will replace tobacco company Altria Group Inc. and manufacturer Honeywell International Inc. ...

Wanted: "Imported" CEOs For Growing U.S. Growth Abroad

New York TImes | Louise Story | Posted 12.12.2007 | Business


The corner offices of corporate America are increasingly being filled from every corner of the world. Citigroup, the world's largest bank, named Vikr...

The Dictator Penalty

Judy Dugan | Posted 11.16.2007 | Business


Judy Dugan

Chevron's settlement involving illegal kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's government won't be much of a ding to its bottom line. It's more a reminder of the "dictator penalty" in Big Oil's dealings with the world's worst governments.

How to Write About Terrible Things: An Interview With Dan Hoyle, Author and Performer of Tings Dey Happen.

Justin Hudnall | Posted 11.07.2007 | Entertainment


Justin Hudnall

Thankfully, there are artists like Dan Hoyle, a white guy who went to Nigeria on a Fulbright Scholarship to make a play about oil politics and globalization.

A Protest Against Chevron Paying Royalties to Burmese Government: What Should A Shareholder Do?

David Neubert | Posted 10.11.2007 | Business


David Neubert

I will let Chevron CEO David O'Reilly know that, as a shareholder, I approve of his risking a little of my profits to make a difference for the people of Burma.

On Blogger's Day for Burma, a Hearty F*k You to Chevron and the Same For Condi

James Boyce | Posted 10.04.2007 | Politics


James Boyce

Condoleezza Rice was on the board of Chevron, which owns the pipeline that was built by slave labor that provides the Burmese junta with their cash.

Chevron: Isn't Human Rights "Human Energy?"

Jamie Court | Posted 10.01.2007 | Business


Jamie Court

Chevron's continued lucrative investment in the natural gas fields of Myanmar fuels a despotic regime that has focused its "human energy" on violently suppressing its citizens.

Chevron's Makeover On 60 Minutes Is Greenwash

Jamie Court | Posted 09.30.2007 | Business


Jamie Court

A multi-billion dollar communications budget is the societal power to bring into focus and to blur, to promote fictions or facts that are beneficial for one's interests and to fade out facts that are not.


 

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