From the Frontlines: May 24th, 2010
Score for transparency, war makes you poor, and other things that happened while you were obsessing over the LOST finale.
Adding Toxic Chemicals to a Toxic Oil Spill
With BP’s disastrous oil slick filling the Gulf and sliming our shores, the corporation has already bought a third of the world’s supply of dispersants and is spraying them onto the slick.
The Relentless Pursuit of Extreme Energy
A New Oil Rush Endangers the Gulf of Mexico and the Planet.
From the Frontlines: May 17th, 2010
Showdown on K Street, unheard voices from the Gulf, and finreg loopholes.
We’ve Been Slicked by Big Oil
Once again, we’re paying the price of years of deregulatory, laissez-faire ideology pushed down our throats by corporate lobbyists and whorish politicians.
American Power Act
New energy bill mixes support for coal, nuclear, and oil industries with measures meant to reduce pollution and planet-warming emissions.
China and America Jostle in Middle East
Beijing is rapidly expanding its influence in the Middle East. Will Washington do anything more than watch?
Crime Pays for BP
Corporations can get away with murder and environmental devastation, and make billions doing it.
What Would Palin Do?
Sarah, tell us what to do about the BP oil disaster.
Energy Disaster
If you like my offshore oil drilling program, you’ll love my clean coal and safe nukes.
Assessing the BP Oil Disaster
The Sierra Club calls warns against more offshore oil drilling.
Press Release: Mining for Profits
Transnational corporations are increasingly turning to international arbitration tribunals to resolve disputes over natural resource rights, a new report reveals.
Why is Obama Drilling?
There’s only so much oil in the ground, so what is the Obama administration thinking with its new offshore oil program?
Hope Dims for Electricity Reform
Basically, change is slow, slow, slow.
Human Rights Abuses: Taking on Chevron
A new powerful international campaign on Chevron presents an exciting new organizing model for corporate campaigners and human rights activists everywhere. The new Chevron Program at Global Exchange links Chevron affected communities across the United States and around the world to expose the true cost of Chevron and reign in the entire oil industry. Learn about the campaign and communities in struggle against Chevron in Nigeria, Burma, Kazakhstan, Ecuador, California, and elsewhere in defense of their human rights.
Kerry Kennedy, acclaimed human rights activist and author, founder of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights (on Ecuador)
Antonia Juhasz, author, The Tyranny of Oil (on book tour for the paperback release, updated with a new foreword), Director, The Chevron Program, Global Exchange and an Associate Fellow with IPS (The Chevron Program)
Paul Donowitz, Campaign Coordinator, EarthRights International (Burma, Nigeria)
Kate Watters, Executive Director, Crude Accountability (Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan)
Steven Donziger, lead plantiffs attorney, Aquinda v. Chevron (Ecuador)