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NEW DELHI, December 7, 2004 — Late last year, officials at the World Bank decided it was time to practice what they had been preaching about reducing carbon emissions.
Well, sort of.
Some environmentally-friendly types at the international finance agency calculated the bank spewed 147 tons of carbon into the atmosphere when it flew in attendees for a conference in Washington in October 2003. >>
Well, sort of.
Some environmentally-friendly types at the international finance agency calculated the bank spewed 147 tons of carbon into the atmosphere when it flew in attendees for a conference in Washington in October 2003. >>
WASHINGTON, September 22, 2004 — As a trading bloc, The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is one of the world's most powerful. Yet political influence here in Washington, even for the oil-rich nations, does not come cheap. >>
WASHINGTON, September 22, 2004 — Former Sen. Bob Dole, the Kansas Republican who ran for President in 1996, is known for his dry wit and television commercials after 45 years of public service. >>
WASHINGTON, September 22, 2004 — Saudi Arabia has spent more of its petroleum dollars lobbying the U.S. government than any of the other 10 members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, a total of $6.6 million since mid-2003. >>
WASHINGTON, September 22, 2004 — Using Venezuela's oil wealth to fund his social programs, President Hugo Chavez has divided his country largely along class lines, resulting in protests, strikes, and even a coup since his 1998 election. >>
Special Report
WASHINGTON, July 15, 2004 — The United States is the oil and gas industry's biggest customer, slurping up fully a quarter of global production in 2003. Not surprisingly, the industry has lavished more than $420 million over the past six years on politicians, political parties and lobbyists in order to protect its interests in Washington, according to a new report by the Center for Public Integrity. >>
WASHINGTON, July 15, 2004 — U.S. oil and gas companies have at least 882 subsidiaries located in oil-free tax havens such as the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, and even the tiny European principality of Liechtenstein, a Center for Public Integrity investigation has found. Further, the investigation revealed that at least a half dozen U.S. oil and gas companies have actually re-incorporated in tax haven countries. >>
WASHINGTON, July 15, 2004 — Koch Industries could be the biggest oil company you have never heard of—unless, that is, you hang around the halls of government in Washington. Koch is the leading campaign contributor among oil and gas companies for the 2004 election cycle, giving $587,000 so far, the Center for Public Integrity has found. Next came Valero Energy at $568,000. >>
WASHINGTON, July 15, 2004 — The National Petroleum Council, a little-known federally chartered but privately funded advisory committee, has been an underground pipeline of political influence for the oil and gas industry in Washington for years. NPC members, including current members of the Bush White House and several Republican fundraisers, stood to benefit from their advice to the Energy Secretary by opening concessions for their oil and gas companies. >>
WASHINGTON, July 15, 2004 — Since January 2000, the oil and gas industry has spent $393,952 to transport and entertain members and staff of Congress's energy committees and top Energy Department officials in places such as Vail, Colo., London and Hong Kong. >>