Bob McCarty Writes

EDITOR’S NOTE: During the past 15 months, I’ve written some three-dozen posts about a lawsuit being battled by Chevron Corp. in Ecuador.  Because I’m a little under the weather, I’m leaving the “heavy lifting” about the latest news to arise about the case to my friend Carter Wood at the National Association of Manufacturers.  With [...]

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In a statement this afternoon, officials at the American Petroleum Institute expressed disappointment with the Senate’s defeat of the Murkowski resolution: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should not move forward with regulation of greenhouse gas emissions.  The Clean Air Act was never intended, nor should it be used, to address climate change. It was designed [...]

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How far are environmentalists willing to go to exploit the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster?  I have proof that they’re gushing outright lies about “Big Oil”. Below is an example of the kinds of blatant lies being circulated via e-mail about San Ramon, Calif.-based Chevron Corporation [Note: To protect the identity of the recipient of the [...]

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Richard Cabrera’s name has appeared in posts on this blog nine times during the past 13 months — always in connection with the lawsuit that could cost Chevron Corporation a fortune if an Ecuadoran judge rules against the company.  Today, Cabrera’s name surfaced again. In a 54-page filing Friday, officials with the San Ramon, Calif.-based [...]

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The Courthouse News Service reported Monday that Chevron Corp. asked a federal judge Friday to order the release of outtakes from Joseph Berlinger’s 2009 documentary, “CRUDE” (trailer below).  Today, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan granted the San Ramon, Calif.-based oil giant’s request, leaving one question unanswered:  Will the footage exonerate the company and bring an end [...]

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