Tag: Chevron

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about the State of Vermont in which I recalled a conversation I had with my father when I was a little boy. We were talking about his impressions of the people who …

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I’m taking a short break from working the “Doty Windfuels” booth, here at the 239th meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Diego.  I’ve had some truly wonderful conversations — some productive, some — shall I say — enigmatic?  …

Is Chevron Looking at Synthetic Fuels? It’s Hard To Tell Read More »

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Every once in a while I hear something from Washington D.C. that provides a ray of hope that perhaps a bit of sanity may eventually prevail in the U.S. energy policy. Obama sure has disappointed a bunch of people in …

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Every few months, I try to remind myself to write something on Chevron and its overtly criminal behavior in Ecuador.  Those who are keeping track here will recall that, for a period of 26 years, Chevron (then Texaco) deliberately dumped …

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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAdKwrPHy9w] Here’s 2GreenEnergy’s November webinar, in which noted environmentalist and energy expert Bruce Severance joined me for a lively discussion we called “How to Increase the Energy Efficiency of Existing Structures — and WHY.”

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Here’s a wonderful video presentation of Billy Joel’s ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire,’ the clever reminder that problems in the world are nothing new, and really nothing to get too concerned over. I infer that this philosophy must be quite …

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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 …

Ecuador — Achieving Justice in the Chevron Case? Read More »

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When I have a few extra minutes, I blog on a range of other energy-related sites.  A reader of one of these, EnergyCollective.com, writes: Great article (meaning this one). It’s unfortunate that this piece couldn’t have been written ten years …

Electric Transportation — Why Now and Not Decades Ago? Read More »

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For those trying to make sense of the concept of “peak oil,” i.e., the point at which the world capacity to extract oil from the Earth will have peaked, I’ve linked what I believe to be a good article. Virtually …

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All Americans should be aware of what’s happening in Washington in this critically important area that affects every one of us. Earlier this week, 48 Senators, including three Democrats and all but two Senate Republicans voted to defeat a bill …

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