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Happy Oil Dependence Day

Robert Scheer | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: 4th of July, Schumer, Chevron, George Washington, Condoleezza Rice, National Security, Oil, Oil Prices, Pornography of Power, Robert Scheer, Iraq, Opec, Dick Cheney, Politics News

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.

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The REAL McCain: Big Oil Fuels the Straight Talk Express

Robert Greenwald | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Gasoline, Oil, Environment, Gas, Exxon, Chevron, Coal, Bob Mosbacher, Lobbyist, Big Oil, Politics News

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.

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What To Do About the Price of Oil

Robert Weissman | Posted 05.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Gasoline, Big Oil, Speculation, Oil, Exxonmobil, Exxon, Chevrontexaco, Collusion, Chevron, Global Warming, Windfall Profits Tax, Business News

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.

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Burma's Criminal "Malign Neglect"

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Chevron, Burma Junta, Than Shwe, Cyclone, Responsibility to Protect, China, Un, Myanmar, Nargis Cyclone, Crimes Against Humanity, R2p, Malign Neglect, Irriwaddy Delta, Myanmar Cyclone, Burma Cyclone, Politics News

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.

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

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

Read More: Gas Prices, Persian Gulf, Right Wing Media, Oil Sands, Renewable Energy, Neal Boortz, Depleted Uranium, Dick Cheney, Tar Sands, Dan Abrams, Environmental Protection Agency, Solar Tax Credits, Oil Industry, Richard Nixon, Dow Chemical, Guantanamo Torture, Michael Savage, John Ashcroft, Mary Gade, Chevron, Dioxin, Solar Power, Thomas Friedman, Tavis Smiley, John Conyers, Karl Rove, Bp, Rush Limbaugh, Exxon Mobil, Mother Jones, Green Building, Lou Dobbs, Iraq Contractors, Co2, John Yoo, Iraqi Interpreters, Shell Oil, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Whistleblowers, Talk Radio, Kbr, Media Consolidation, Don Siegelman, 60 Minutes, Sean Hannity, Conocophillips, Ducks, Fox News, Clean Technology, Glenn Beck, Bush Approval Rating, Bill O'Reilly, Media News

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.

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

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 05.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Gas Prices, Medical Center, Chevron, Enron, Darfur, Economy, Halliburton, Cheney, Pipelines, Texas, Biotech, China, Recession, Bush, Gordon Brown, $200 a Barrel Oil, Hydrocarbons, Iran, God Ole Boys, Houston, Malaysia, Oil, India, Sudan, Lundin, Talisman, Suv, Business News

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.

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

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Chevron, Oil Profits, Oil Companies, Chevron Profits, Business News

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

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Pity the Poor Oil Company

Carl Pope | Posted 04.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Texaco, Petroecuador, Chevron, Goldman, Big Oil, Home News

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

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Lawsuit: Chevron Owes Billions For Polluting Amazon

AP | Posted 04.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Chevron, Lago Agrio, San Ramon, Chevron Pollution, Class Action Lawsuit, Richard Cabrera, Pollution, Chevron Lawsuit, Business News

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...

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Aboard the Condoleezza Rice

Robert Scheer | Posted 02.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Bush Administration, Oil Industry, Cheney, Big Oil, Defense Secretary, Halliburton, Oil Tanker, Condoleezza Rice, Chevron, Politics News

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.

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Chevron, BofA Join Dow Industrials

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 02.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Bank of America, Honeywell, Dow Jones Adds, Chevron, Dow Jones, Altria, Boa, Blue Chip Index, Business News

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

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

New York TImes | Louise Story | Posted 12.12.2007 | Business

Read More: Citigroup, 3M, Chevron, R. Kerry Clark, David J. O'Reilly, Alcoa, Gregory M. Spierkel, Hartford Financial Services, Ronald D. Sugar, Vikram S. Pandit, American International Group, E. Neville Isdell, Martin J. Sullivan, Liberty Mutual Group, Ingram Micro, Northrop Grumman, George W. Buckley, Coca-Cola, Ramani Ayer, International CEOs, Alain J.P. Belda, Cardinal Health, Louis C. Camilleri, Dow Chemical, Edmund F. Kelly, News Corp., Rupert Murdoch, "Imported" CEOs, Andrew N. Liveris, Indra K. Nooyi, Altria Group, Pepsico, Business News

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

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The Dictator Penalty

Judy Dugan | Posted 11.16.2007 | Business

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.

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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

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.

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

David Neubert | Posted 10.11.2007 | Business

Read More: Chevron, Burma, Myanmar, Burma Human Rights, What Can Be Done About Burma, Burma Junta, Burma Chevron, Business News

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.

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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

Read More: Chevron, Burma, Condoleezza Rice, Newsladder, International Blogger Day for Burma, Burma Junta, Myanmar Junta, Myanmar, Condi Chevron, Myanmar Protests, Condileeza Oil Tanker, Politics News

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.

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

Jamie Court | Posted 10.01.2007 | Business

Read More: Hypocrisy, Chevron, Myanmar, Myanmar Coverage, Burma, Oilwatchdog.org, Myanmar Chevron, Myanmar Protests, Business News

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.

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Chevron's Makeover On 60 Minutes Is Greenwash

Jamie Court | Posted 09.30.2007 | Business

Read More: Corporate Marketing, 60 Minutes, Chevron, Greenwashing, Business News

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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