chevron Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 01:58:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Chevron and BP Ditch Alternative Energy https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chevron-bp-ditch-alternative-energy-20140601/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chevron-bp-ditch-alternative-energy-20140601/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2014 01:57:49 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=47801 Despite their fancy and expensive commercials about their dedication to renewable energy, Chevron and BP have decided to pull the plug on solar and wind energy. During one of its We Agree ads, Chevron famously stated, “Renewable energy is vital to our planet. At Chevron, we’re investing millions in solar and biofuel technologies.” To put […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chevron-bp-ditch-alternative-energy-20140601/feed/ 3 47801 “Fixers” Do the Oil Companies’ Dirty Work – Keep the World Dependent On Fossil Fuel https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fixers-oil-companies-dirty-work-keep-world-dependent-fossil-fuel-20140520/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fixers-oil-companies-dirty-work-keep-world-dependent-fossil-fuel-20140520/#respond Tue, 20 May 2014 07:21:05 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=47609 Although it sounds like something straight out of a movie, it’s real… when the oil giants like Chevron or Exxon-Mobil want to move in on a new oil reserve in places like the Middle East, Asia, or Africa, the first call they usually make isn’t to the government office putting it up for sale, it’s […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fixers-oil-companies-dirty-work-keep-world-dependent-fossil-fuel-20140520/feed/ 0 47609 Perversion of Justice – Chevron vs Ecuador https://www.greenoptimistic.com/perversion-justice-chevron-vs-ecuador-20140305/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/perversion-justice-chevron-vs-ecuador-20140305/#comments Wed, 05 Mar 2014 22:21:46 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=46320 After decades of contamination, caused by Texaco (later bought by Chevron) extracting petroleum from beneath Ecuador’s rain forests, a judge in Ecuador rules against Chevron to the tune of $18 billion. On behalf of some 30,000 residents, whose lands are now, twenty years later, contaminated, a juryless court ruled against Chevron, who bought Texaco after […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/perversion-justice-chevron-vs-ecuador-20140305/feed/ 1 46320 Explosion at Chevron Fracking Site Wins Residents ‘Free’ Pizza https://www.greenoptimistic.com/explosion-fracking-site-wins-residents-free-pizza-gift-chevron-20140221/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/explosion-fracking-site-wins-residents-free-pizza-gift-chevron-20140221/#respond Fri, 21 Feb 2014 05:29:43 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=46059 How much would you pay to compensate people living around a fracking site that has just had a big explosion, leading to one death and making hundreds of residents scared as hell? You give them all a free pizza! Apparently, this is what people deserve for being exposed to all sorts of environmental threats that […]

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