Oil giant is criticized by some shareholders for a 'take no prisoner' attitude to an $18.6 billion fine that an Ecuadorean judge levied against the company
Chevron bosses are facing shareholders for the first time since the company was fined a total of $...
May 25, 2011
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The biggest oil spill cases show that lengthy and expensive litigation works in favor of oil companies
When an Ecuadorian judge ordered Chevron to pay plaintiffs $8.6 billion last month for damages from...
Mar 20, 2011
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Twisted interpretation of findings by local agribusiness interests is tinder in effort to roll back rainforest protection
Brazilian agribusiness interests are igniting a firestorm in their national Congress that may end...
Jun 30, 2010
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Technology Allows Scientists to Analyze Satellite Imagery in Time to Act
Google is putting a new spin on its global mapping program, with a goal of not just peering into...
Apr 29, 2010
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Many of the Risks and Ecological Processes are Poorly Understood, Studies Warn
We often think — wrongly — of ecological systems as linear. Adding a certain amount of CO2 to the...
Feb 23, 2010
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Brazil is the fourth-largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world, responsible for about 5 percent...
Nov 16, 2009
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The Amazon jungle is metaphorically referred to as the lungs of the world: CO2 in, O2 out,...
Nov 12, 2009
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Sugarcane is touted as the miracle biofuel even by biofuels' skeptics.
Former President Bill...
Jun 8, 2009
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In early December 2004, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered a police crackdown on...
Apr 10, 2009
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Imagine if in a poverty-stricken sector of the equatorial band, littered with acidic soils barely...
Feb 25, 2009
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