During the past 12 months, I’ve published three-dozen posts about the 17-year-old lawsuit Chevron Corp. has been battling in Ecuador. A hotly-contested legal circus in a country where the legal system is corrupt, the case is important, because it has the potential of costing the San Ramon, Calif.-based oil giant $27 billion. Today, I share [...]
Entries from May 2010
Chevron Accuses Plaintiff of Lying in $27B Lawsuit
May 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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Toyota Passes Three Million Recall Remedies Mark
May 5th, 2010 · No Comments
Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., reported today that more than three million remedies have been performed for three recent recalls involving Toyota and Lexus vehicles. “Toyota and Lexus dealers continue to make significant progress in servicing customers’ recalled vehicles as quickly and conveniently as possible, and we appreciate their extraordinary efforts,” said Steve St. Angelo, [...]
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Industry Task Forces to Address Oil Spill Issues
May 4th, 2010 · No Comments
In the wake of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. oil and natural gas industry has formed two task forces to address both short- and long-term issues related to offshore equipment and offshore operating practices, according to an American Petroleum Institute news release, an excerpt of which appears below: “This tragic [...]
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No Word Yet on NYC Bomb Suspect’s Tea Party Ties
May 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment
During a mid-day news conference at the Department of Justice, Attorney General Eric Holder, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and others addressed the charges that Faisal Shahzad will face following the car bomb attempted that failed Saturday in New York City’s Times Square. They did not, however, reveal any details about the specific Tea Party [...]
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Missouri’s Use of Federal Funds ‘Most Unusual’
May 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments
Out of all the 50 states and Washington, D.C., Missouri’s response to open-records requests seeking detailed grant spending records in electronic form such as a spreadsheet turned out to be among the most unusual, according to a report, the “Price of Peril”, released today by the Center for Investigative Reporting. This isn’t the first time [...]
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Obama Administration Working to Disarm Israel?
May 3rd, 2010 · No Comments
Israel National News is reporting today that the United States is working with both Egypt and Russia to rid Israel of its nuclear weapons, as part of a comprehensive plan to neutralize Iran’s nuclear power. If true, this implications are enormous. This news, courtesy of Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit, dovetails perfectly with the revelation [...]
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Should Jo Ann Emerson Run as Independent?
May 3rd, 2010 · 11 Comments
Should U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson follow the same path Florida Gov. Charlie Crist took and opt to run as an independent in her re-election bid for Missouri’s 8th Congressional District seat? Several factors lead me to believe she should. For instance: Emerson voted twice for spending hundreds of billions of dollars on the Obama [...]
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