Over the past few years, I’ve written several articles calling out Chevron’s nauseating behavior in defiling the rain forests and people of Ecuador. In many such posts, I’ve speculated that they’d still be fighting against the world justice system long after …
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Amazon Watch: Focusing World Attention on Biodiversity
What is the single most tangible and immediate effect of our devotion to fossil fuels as the source of the world’s energy? It’s probably disease. Because of the oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, as well as the heavy metals and …
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John Perlin on Sustainable Forestry
Last night I was lucky enough to have snagged a front-row seat to listen to a talk by John Perlin — author, lecturer, and consultant in solar energy and forest preservation. A physics scholar at the University of California at …
Chevron's In No Hurry To Settle the Case in Ecuador
I normally don’t bet against my own longevity, but it seems extremely unlikely that I’ll still be on this planet when the case against Chevron in Ecuador is finalized and the damages are paid. Here’s an article that explains Chevron’s …
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Consider a Donation to Sustainability in the Holiday Season
Like me, you are inundated with requests for financial support. We write annual checks to our old schools out of a sense of loyalty, and profound gratitude for what we took away. But beyond that, where does smart philanthropy go? …
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Ecuador — Achieving Justice in the Chevron Case?
30,000 people in Ecuador are one step closer to achieving justice in their case against Chevron. On Wednesday, an appellate court upheld the $9.5 billion judgement that would force the oil giant to pay for the clean up of a …
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Chevron’s Situation in Ecuador Won’t Be Easily Dismissed
It looks like Chevron’s situation in Ecuador is coming to a head. In a couple of weeks, the oil giant will face a watershed event in the court case in which it’s been ordered to pay $9.5 billion to repair …
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Amazon Watch
Reader Jacob Silver writes: Non-absorbed carbon in the atmosphere is thickening the carbon filter of solar energy. With the loss of hundreds of thousands of acres of forest cut down in Indonesia and Brazil, the result is a gap of …
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Crude – The Movie
I was fortunate enough to have been invited to the Los Angeles premier screening of the movie “Crude” by filmmaker Joe Berlinger (pictured at left with Miss California) last night in Hollywood. It was a great honor being part of …
