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greenleft.org.au - 11/23/2008
Oil giants talk tax to kill environment
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The assault on environmental and other regulation is being conducted under the cover of complaints about taxation. The opening salvo was fired in late October by Chevron CEO Roy Krzywosinski, who told a major industry conference in Perth that he was so angry about the threat of carbon ...

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Did Talk Radio Kill Conservatism?
— fivethirtyeight.com — Nate Silver [NS]: Do you stand by all the statements in the survey as being unambiguously true? John Ziegler [JZ]: I stand one hundred percent by the notion that there is absolutely zero ambiguity as to what the right answer is to any of the ... (more) Did Talk Radio Kill Conservatism?
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DrumBeat: November 23, 2008
The Oil Drum — ... Delayed by Bureaucracy Drilling a quarter-mile into solid rock was simple, said Maureen Burnley, the seminary’s executive vice president, compared with persuading government officials and agencies that had the authority to say no — or to simply do nothing and stop all progress. “We had to answer to 10 agencies,” Ms. Burnley said. “It took three times as long as it should have. The left and the right hand did not know what the other was doing.” Oil giants talk tax to kill environment Evidence is mounting of a coordinated ...

Oil giants talk tax to kill environment
Peak Oil News — ... about taxation. The opening salvo was fired in late October by Chevron CEO Roy Krzywosinski, who told a major industry conference in Perth that he was so angry about the threat of carbon emissions regulations that his company might cut back its Australian operations. A more important assault was announced on November 7, when BP’s new CEO, Tony Hayward, announced that BP was shelving plans to develop clean energy technology in Britain and shifting investment to the United States. Green Left

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