Disguising a company picnic as a citizen’s energy rally, private security and police barred interested citizens from entering the “astroturf” event. Even though they advertised the event as a public, grassroots rally, and even had emails sent out encouraging people to attend, not even staunch supporters of the industry’s stance on climate legislation were allowed in. The only people allowed through the doors were those with petroleum company employee badges and yellow “Energy Citizen” t-shirts that were handed out amongst the employees.
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Author and Activist, Antonia Juhasz, discusses her book, The Tyranny of Oil, and what we must do to stop it. Freddy’s Brooklyn Roundhouse presents Ms. Juhasz’s brief history of the oil industry and how deregulation and reconsolidation have created concentrated financial giants that are destroying our economy and the environment.
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Dubai is one of the seven emirates and the most populous city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is located along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula. The Dubai Municipality is sometimes called Dubai city to distinguish it from the emirate.
Written accounts document the existence of the city for at least 150 years prior to the formation of the UAE. Dubai shares legal, political, military and economic functions with the other emirates within a federal framework, although each emirate has jurisdiction over some functions such as civic law enforcement and provision and upkeep of local facilities. Dubai has the largest population and is the second largest emirate by area, after Abu Dhabi. Dubai and Abu Dhabi are the only two emirates to possess veto power over critical matters of national importance in the country’s legislature. Dubai has been ruled by the Al Maktoum dynasty since 1833. Dubai’s current ruler, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, is also the Prime Minister and Vice President of the UAE.
The emirate’s revenues are from trade, real estate and financial services. Revenues from petroleum and natural gas contribute less than 6% (2006) of Dubai’s US$ 37 billion economy (2005). Real estate and construction, on the other hand, contributed 22.6% to the economy in 2005, before the current large-scale construction boom. Dubai has attracted worldwide attention through innovative real estate projects and sports events. This increased attention, coinciding with its emergence as a world business hub, has also highlighted human rights issues concerning its largely foreign workforce.
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In response to the revelation in the Kansas City Star Sunday, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights called on California Attorney General Jerry Brown to launch an investigation into whether the oil industry has unfairly used its market power to deny motorists access to an honest accounting for each gallon of gasoline. In addition, FTCR urged U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer to hold hearings and force oil companies to withdraw their pressure on Gilbarco Vedeer-Root, the temperature-adjusted pump manufacturer, which has decided not to sell its pump in California.
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This CBS11 news story was played in Dallas in Feb 2008. It was about the oil boom taking place in Midland, Texas at that time. Geophysicist Todd Stallings moved from Dallas to Midland.
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1519
American journalist Jim Lehrer questions Chevron Corporation’s Vice Chairman Peter Robertson as to why record profits for the oil industry have not resulted in lower gas prices for consumers.
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A Conversation About Oil with Chevron’s Peter J. Robertson and Jim Lehrer in discussion at the 2007 Aspen Ideas Festival.
Some of the most inspired and provocative thinkers, writers, artists, business people, teachers and other leaders drawn from myriad fields and from across the country and around the world all gathered in a single place – to teach, speak, lead, question, and answer at the 2006 Aspen Ideas Festival. Throughout the week, they all interacted with an audience of thoughtful people who stepped back from their day-to-day routines to delve deeply into a world of ideas, thought, and discussion.
Jim Lehrer is the anchor and executive editor of PBSs The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. He came to Washington with PBS in 1972, teaming with Robert MacNeil in 1973 to cover the Senate Watergate hearings. They began in 1975 what became The MacNeil/Lehrer Report, and, in 1983, The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, the first 60-minute evening news program on television. When MacNeil retired in 1995, the program was renamed The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Lehrer has been honored with numerous awards for journalism, including a presidential National Humanities Medal in 1999. In the last five presidential elections, he moderated ten of the nationally televised candidate debates. Lehrer has written 16 novels. His latest, The Phony Marine, was published in November 2006. He also has written two memoirs and three plays. His 17th novel, Eureka, will be published in fall 2007.
Peter J. Robertson is vice chairman of the board of directors for Chevron Corp., responsible for strategic planning, policy, government and public affairs, human resources, and corporate compliance. Previously, he directed the companys worldwide exploration, production, and global gas businesses. He was president of Chevron Overseas Petroleum Inc., president of Chevron USA, and president of Warren Petroleum Co., Chevrons former natural gas liquids subsidiary. He chairs the US Energy ociation and is a past director of Sasol Chevron Holdings Ltd., Dynegy Inc., and Caltex Petroleum Corp. A native of Edinburgh, Scotland, he graduated from Edinburgh University and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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High oil and gas prices got you down? This video shows you how to drill your very own oil and gas well in Ohio. Grab your friends for this video. They won’t want to miss a chance to see how they can drill their own well! This Summer we drilled a 4,200′ deep Clinton well in Ohio. It turned out to be a good well. It will keep on producing for 30 years.
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http://www.energyandcapital.com editor Chris Nelder (Peak Oil Expert and author of Profit from the Peak) talks about Oil Company Profits and whether the U.S. Government should consider a windfall profits tax on Oil Companies.
Cavuto goes off on Youseff Robb threatening to cut his Mic.
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Ghana is on the verge of an oil boom that could generate as much as $1 billion a year in extra revenue. As VOA West Africa Correspondent Scott Stearns reports from Accra, Ghana is hoping to avoid the pitfalls experienced by other African oil-producing nations.
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While most countries are suffering from high oil prices, they are also fuelling one of the biggest transfers of wealth in history. For the oil and gas producing state of Qatar, the cost of filling up a car has not changed at all. Al Jazeera’s correspondent, Dan Nolan, reports on the changing face of the country due to higher prices for oil and gas on the world market.
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