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Why Can’t Abbott Kick the Habit?

June 1st, 2011 · No Comments

BAT / British American Tobacco makes political donations in only three countries in the world and Australia accounts for nearly all of it. BAT gives 97% of its donations to the Liberal Party / National Party Coalition. For what other motive but trying to influence political direction? Canada – with a population in 2010 of [...]

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Tags: corporations · politics · tobacco

Bullshit Peddlers aka BP attempts to control research into impact of Gulf oil spill …

April 27th, 2011 · 1 Comment

BP officials tried to take control of a $500m fund pledged by the oil company for independent research into the consequences of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, it has emerged. Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show BP officials openly discussing how to influence the work of scientists supported by the fund, [...]

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Tags: corporations · environment · north america · pollution · usa

Oil Shortage in America? They’re Awash in It

July 30th, 2010 · No Comments

The global financial crisis – created by the USA – has pretty much bankrupted all the States, causing massive job losses in public works sector and the like; also, long ignored aging infrastructure is starting to collapse; however, emergency workers have all but been laid off, so when a natural or man-made / caused catastrophe [...]

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Tags: corporations · environment · pollution · usa

Gulf of Mexico Type Scenario in Australia?

June 26th, 2010 · No Comments

Geologist Chris Landau has called for a showing of the mudlogs; the schematic cross sectional drawing of the lithology (rock type) of the well that has been bored; so far, no one has seen them… BP keeps them hidden. http://www.energyandcapital.com/articles/what-bp-isnt-saying/1185 Likewise, this important information was not included in BHP Billiton’s 4,600-page environmental impact statement for [...]

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Tags: australia · corporations · social responsibility

The (Oil) Well from Hell

June 24th, 2010 · No Comments

This article is by Christian A. DeHaemer; it is unnerving. The Dwarves dug too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the darkness of Khazad-dum… shadow and flame.- Saruman, The Lord of the Rings and there is something primordial about BP’s quest for oil in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s an Icarus-like [...]

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Tags: corporations · environment · oil · usa