EDITOR’S NOTE: Carter Wood of the National Association of Manufacturers’ Shopfloor blog is, perhaps, the only person on the planet who has written as much as I have about the $113 billion lawsuit in which Chevron Corp. is entangled in Ecuador. Below, with his permission, I share his latest article, In Chevron Shakedown, Ecuador’s Government [...]
Ecuadoran Government Officials Play Key Roles in $113 Billion Shakedown Lawsuit Against Chevron
February 3rd, 2011 · 2 Comments
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CBS News Fails to Offer Updates on $113 Billion Lawsuit Against Chevron in Ecuador – Why?
November 9th, 2010 · 3 Comments
More than 18 months have passed since CBS News aired the 60 Minutes segment, “Amazon Crude,” which painted Chevron Corporation in a particularly bad light for alleged wrongdoing in Ecuador. Now that a laundry list of new and irrefutable facts has surfaced to change the complexion of this case, one has to wonder why the [...]
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‘Crude’ Footage Reveals Lies Behind Trial Lawyers’ $27B Lawsuit Against Chevron in Ecuador
August 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments
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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EPA Endangerment Ruling Threatens All Americans
December 7th, 2009 · No Comments
By issuing an endangerment finding on CO2 today, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson effectively placed an economy-wide tax on energy use. How can this be? Because 85 percent of the U.S. economy runs on fossil fuels that emit carbon dioxide, according to a Heritage Foundation post today. Among those issuing immediate responses to the EPA actions [...]
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Lobbyist’s Disclosure Documents Raise Serious Questions in Chevron-Ecuador Lawsuit
October 15th, 2009 · 6 Comments
Today, I offer evidence suggesting Ben Barnes, lobbyist for the plaintiff in a lawsuit that could cost San Ramon, Calif.-based Chevron $27 billion, has been reading this blog. It takes a while to explain, but I think you’ll find it offers worthwhile and relevant information about the Chevron lawsuit now being tried in a thoroughly-corrupt [...]
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Chemical Industry Leaders Object to Anti-Terror Bill
September 28th, 2009 · No Comments
Twenty-seven of the nation’s leading chemical and petrochemical manufacturers, purchasers, distributors and related organizations signed on to a letter sent to Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), chair and ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, respectively. In the letter sent this morning, they expressed four major concerns about H.R. [...]
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Majority Oppose Senate Global Warming Proposal
May 28th, 2008 · No Comments
As the Senate is poised to vote on the Lieberman-Warner America’s Climate Security Act, a new poll finds an overwhelming majority of Americans oppose the higher energy costs the bill would impose. The poll, conducted by the National Center for Public Policy Research, found 65% of Americans reject spending even a penny more for gasoline [...]
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