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CO2 is Green, Say Oil Execs in Ludicrous Ad

Attempts by dirty industries to fight the climate bill just keep getting more and more desperate and ridiculous. Care2 spotted a television ad campaign run by oil execs is actually trying to convince the public that excess CO2 is a good thing.

From The Washington Post, via Care2:
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) may be grappling with health [...]

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Big Oil Refuses to Let American Flags into Astroturf Rally

You’d think that Big Oil would be more than happy to wave a bunch of American flags around while holding their fake grassroots rallies – especially in Texas, of all places. Yet activists bearing the old Stars & Stripes were turned away at the American Petroleum Institute rally in Houston, where oil company employees gathered [...]

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Oil Industry Planning Town Hall Protests Against Climate Bill

As angry, misinformed mobs take over town halls to scream in people’s faces about health care issues they don’t understand, the oil industry is quietly taking notes – and planning to use similar tactics against the climate bill.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the American Petroleum Institute and other energy groups are funding rallies in [...]

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Dozens Dead After Police Open Fire on Indigenous Oil Protesters in Peruvian Amazon

At least 60 and possibly up to 100 people are dead after a brutal confrontation Friday on the Fernando Belaunde Terry Road in the Peruvian Amazon. Police opened fire from helicopters on indigenous protesters, who were blockading a road to protect their land from oil companies opening wells and mines in their rainforests without their [...]

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Activist Nuns Convince Chevron to Track its Carbon Footprint

As it turned out, after years of resistance, all it took to get Chevron to track its carbon footprint was a threat from activist nuns. A group of faith-based investors, including the Sisters of St. Domenic, filed a resolution to force Chevron into being more environmentally responsible.
After the oil giant agreed to comply, the resolution [...]

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Dirty Industries Seek Free Pollution Credits from Government

The very same industries that have helped get the world into this global warming mess in the first place are now asking the government for free passes to keep on polluting under legislation for capping greenhouse gases. Electric utilities, automakers, oil companies and natural gas refineries are among the industries that believe they should get [...]

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