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company Chevron
position CEO and Chairman
industry Oil
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John Watson recently took over as CEO of Chevron following the departure of his “...

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John Watson

company Chevron
status “Now, we must restore the country’s confidence in deepwater drilling.” -John Watson
What's on ALEC's polluter agenda tomorrow?
10 May 2012

Tomorrow, the American Legislative Exchange Council--known as ALEC--will host their 2012 Spring Task Force summit in Charlotte, NC. At tomorrow's meeting, the corporate front group will round up its various committees and prepare to peddle new state-level legislation to attack clean energy laws, protect polluting industries, privatize education, and suppress voters, among other big business schemes.

API's Jack Gerard Refuses to Answer Activists on Vote 4 Energy Advertising Costs
7 March 2012

We'll get to the encounter with Mr. Gerard below, but first, some context:

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Following SEC complaint, Greenpeace asks TransCanada for honest Keystone XL jobs explanation
31 January 2012

Posted on behalf of Phil Radford, Greenpeace's Executive Director in the U.S.

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President Obama echoes Big Oil talking points in State of the Union address
25 January 2012

Oil lobbyist Jack Gerard fact checked during Press Club speech
20 January 2012

Mock commercial undermines new Vote 4 Energy oil advertisement
4 January 2012

Rising Tide's Day of Action Against Extraction [VIDEO]
25 May 2011

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BP Seeks to Resume Drilling in Gulf of Mexico Long Before Situtation is Made "Right" [VIDEOS]
4 April 2011

Less than a year since BP’s Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig exploded into flame, killed eleven rig employees and initiated an uncontrolled oil gusher that blasted over four million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the London-based oil giant is asking for more.

Chevron's Human Rights Hitmen
14 March 2011

Rainforest Action Network (RAN) has profiled some of Chevron's most offensive operatives as part of their campaign to make the oil giant take responsibility for massive pollution in Ecuador. After almost three decades of drilling activity that ended in 1990, over 18.5 billion gallons of toxic waste was knowingly and haphazardly abandoned by Texaco, which was purchased by Chevron in 2001.

Polluter Congress Ignores $53 billion in Offshore Drilling Handouts During Spending Cuts
20 February 2011

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