General Lies and Corruption
Renegade Refiner: OSHA Says BP Has “Systemic Safety Problem” 97% of Worst Industry Violations Found at BP Refineries By Jim Morris and M.B. Pell | May 16, 2010 “a risk taking corporation that operated in an industry with ineffective regulatory oversight.” Two refineries owned by oil giant BP account for 97 percent of all flagrant violations found in the refining industry by government safety inspectors over the past three years,. . . CONTINUE
BERNARD LAGAN, May 31, 2010 In the US, which assumes no engineering challenge is beyond conquer – nor does it lack the private capital to achieve it – the brackish rouge beneath the waves that is slowly strangling the Louisiana shore not only stains the sea and the sands, that creeping black is also gutting confidence, upturning myths and ruining reputations. When Americans learned at the weekend that British Petroleum. . . CONTINUE
updated 11-25-2013 Patents for solar photovoltaic generators were subject to review and possible restriction if the photovoltaics were more than 20% efficient. Energy conversion systems were likewise subject to review and possible restriction if they offered conversion efficiencies “in excess of 70-80%.” The Federation of American Scientists has published an extremely important article entitled Invention Secrecy Still Going Strong. It comes from a mainstream organization and corroborates information The Orion. . . CONTINUE
The petroleum giant tried to sell itself as a green industry leader. That was just an oily tactic. By James Ridgeway | Tue May. 4, 2010 5:30 AM PDT For the last decade, BP has been busily engaged in a multi-million-dollar greenwashing campaign. Changing its name from British Petroleum to BP, the company adopted a new slogan, “Beyond Petroleum,” and began a “rebranding” effort to depict itself as a public-spirited,. . . CONTINUE
ATLANTA, Georgia, Mar 31, 2010 (IPS) The Atlanta Progressive News, updated, Friday, April 9, 2010 As citizens, businesses and non-profit organizations seek to transition to cleaner power sources like solar and wind, some big energy firms whose business models rely on polluting sources are standing in the way. In Georgia, the energy company Georgia Power has lobbied for, and gotten, public policies at the Public Service Commission (PSC) and State. . . CONTINUE
Climate Change Deniers Without Borders American oil money is pumping up climate change skeptics abroad. Could they kneecap a post-Copenhagen accord? By Josh Harkinson, Tue Dec. 22, 2009 3:59 AM PST Writing two weeks ago in Poland’s most popular tabloid, the Super Express, an economic analyst named Tomasz Teluk [funded by ExxonMobil] claimed that a potential climate agreement in Copenhagen might double Poles’ electricity bills, hobble his coal-dependent country, and. . . CONTINUE
“Negligent Homicide” : 15+ deaths reported British trading giant agrees to pay millions to victims maimed and scarred by dumping of polluted sludge By Cahal Milmo, Chief Reporter Thursday, 17 September 2009 Thousands of west Africans besieged local hospitals in 2006, and a number died, after the dumping of hundreds of tonnes of highly toxic oil waste around the country’s capital, Abidjan. Official local autopsy reports on 12 alleged victims. . . CONTINUE
Fleeing the scene of the crime, Halliburton has announced it is moving its headquarters from Texas to the United Arab Emirates. This move comes as U.S. authorities are investigating the company for bribery, bid rigging, defrauding the military and illegally profiting in Iran. Dan Briody, in his book “The Halliburton Agenda”, described Halliburton’s relationship with Vice President Cheney as “the embodiment of the Iron Triangle, the nexus of the government,. . . CONTINUE
ACLU challenges secrecy provisions of US whistleblower law, says gag orders hide Iraq fraud By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press Writer, January 15, 2009 ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) – The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the constitutionality of a law that requires whistleblowers with allegations of war profiteering or other contract fraud to file their lawsuits in secret. The secrecy requirements of the federal False Claims Act violate. . . CONTINUE
Another $5 billion giveaway by the Bush administration By Ben Armbruster on Jan 30th, 2009 Bloomberg reports that, according to recently released IRS data, “the average tax rate paid by the richest 400 Americans fell by a third to 17.2 percent through the first six years of the Bush administration and their average income doubled to $263.3 million.” Much of their income came from capital gains resulting from the Bush. . . CONTINUE
Bush’s $350 billion corporate “giveaway”: Bailout to Banks, Not Borrowers By MIKE McINTIRE, nytimes Published: January 17, 2009 A Congressional oversight panel reported on Jan. 9 that it found no evidence the bailout program had been used to prevent foreclosures, raising questions about whether the Treasury has complied with the law’s requirement that it develop a “plan that seeks to maximize assistance for homeowners.” An overwhelming majority of banks see. . . CONTINUE
10 July 2008 In a letter to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), former White House official Jason Burnett revealed that Vice President Cheney’s office deleted portions of the testimony of Center for Disease Control Director Julie Gerberding, who testified last year about the consequences of climate change on public health. In a press conference yesterday, Boxer charged that White House spokesperson Dana Perino had ‘lied’ about the rationale behind the editing. . . CONTINUE
By ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. FrugalMarketing.com It has become clear to most Americans that maintaining our national security will require reducing our dependence on foreign oil. But Republicans are using the current crisis to push through a reckless energy agenda, including drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, that will not improve America’s security. Even the conservative Cato Institute has called President Bush’s claim that Arctic oil would reduce gas. . . CONTINUE
