Environment

The Oil Industry Road Show Comes to New Jersey

by Diane Farsetta — September 20, 2007 - 4:05pm

"Energy giants ConocoPhillips and BP have brought their 'green' environmental campaigns to central New Jersey," reports Ryan Tracy, "funding research ...

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The Times (Trenton, N.J.), September 19, 2007

Washington, Will You Be Mine?

by Diane Farsetta — September 18, 2007 - 3:12pm

"The mining industry is confronted with a very challenging environment," said Kraig Naasz, the new head of the U.S. industry lobby group National Mining Association (NMA).

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The Hill (Washington DC), September 18, 2007

Indonesia, Will You Be Mine?

by Diane Farsetta — September 17, 2007 - 3:50pm

David Case reports on Rick Ness, an employee of the Colorado-based Newmont Mining Corporation who the Indonesian government has accused of dumping dangerous waste into a shallow bay in Sulawesi.

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Mother Jones, September 10, 2007

Ecomagine That: GE Campaign Not So Green

by Diane Farsetta — September 14, 2007 - 4:53pm

Two years into its "Ecomagination" environmental campaign, General Electric "continues to sell coal-fired steam turbines and is delving deeper into oil-and-gas production. Meanwhile, its finance unit seeks out coal-related investments including power plants. ... Yet these limitations haven't stopped GE from making a big marketing to-do of its commitment to the environment," notes Kathryn Kranhold.

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Wall Street Journal (sub req'd), September 14, 2007

Busting an Energy Lobby Front Group

by Sheldon Rampton — September 14, 2007 - 11:04am

"Americans for American Energy," a front group for oil and gas companies, sent around an email incorrectly claiming that Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal supports its agenda.

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Casper Star-Tribune (Wyoming), September 13, 2007

Fake Green Certification Backfires

by Bob Burton — August 29, 2007 - 5:13am

The Australian supermarket company Woolworths has withdrawn a range of tissue products after being outed by an anonymous blogger for using a "Sustainable Forest Fibre" logo on products sourced from a notorious Indonesian forestry company.

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Australian Associated Press, August 27, 2007

Beyond Petroleum, But Still Big on Ammonia and Soot

by Diane Farsetta — August 23, 2007 - 11:20am

The oil and energy company BP recently received "a permit from the state of Indiana to dump more toxic discharges from its Whiting, Ind., refinery into Lake Michigan," reports Advertising Age. The permit, "which allows BP to dump 54% more ammonia and 35% more suspended solids" in the Great Lake, has "enraged" Chicago officials.

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Advertising Age, August 20, 2007

Providing Information May Be Hazardous to Your Job

by Diane Farsetta — August 23, 2007 - 11:03am

Is there an attempt "to flush out would-be whistle-blowers" at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, which "focuses on how pollution and other toxins in the environment contribute to disease"?

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Associated Press, August 20, 2007

Pulp Friction

by Bob Burton — August 14, 2007 - 5:32am

The latest edition of the Tasmanian Business Reporter waxes lyrical about the importance of building a massive pulp mill proposed by the controversial logging company Gunns. Writing about the positive coverage in The Australian, D.D.

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The Australian, August 14, 2007
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