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Sometimes events happen so fast that even the experts are baffled by the speed of developments. Barely a decade ago, when the economy was booming, many were concerned about the rapidly dwindling US domestic natural gas supplies. There was talk of the need to build multiple liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals to import the stuff [...]
I just got a note from Bank of America telling me that some of my accounts now have unlimited deposit insurance from the FDIC through 2012, above and beyond traditional limits. We are worried about reckless banks so we are … further reducing and socializing the costs of risk-taking? Notice I received below, I cannot [...]This is probably the first ever inside reference to my novel. The funny part is that when I read TJIC’s post, I thought “hmm, Preston Marsh, where have I heard that name?” LOL. By the way, the business idea Travis has is actually intriguing Restaurants get napkins and linens as a service – every day, [...]Found by my son Nic on Wikipedia: The Wilhelm scream is a frequently-used film and television stock sound effect first used in 1951 for the film Distant Drums.[1] The effect gained new popularity (its use often becoming an in-joke) after it was used in Star Wars and many other blockbuster films as well as television [...]Not that it is really necessary to make this point (as many of us were making it even before the Stimulus bill was passed) but the man tasked with coordinating Vermont’s various stimulus programs reports that the stimulus pretty much failed. I thought this was a particularly interesting bit: Another part of the job was [...]From the WSJ, about a recent “documentary” on PBS’s Newshour Mr. Suarez’s report, by contrast, is like a state propaganda film. In one segment, an American woman named Gail Reed who lives in Cuba tells him that the government’s claim of its people’s longevity is due to a first-rate system of disease prevention. He then [...]
: . Royal Dutch Shell plc com News and information on Royal Dutch Shell . Plc Skip to Content Home Contact Us Contributors Mission Shell Blog Shell Library SHELL ON HUMAN RIGHTS FREEDOM OF SPEECH : SPIN VS . REALITY Dec 28th , 2010 by John Donovan By Alfred and John Donovan Our outspoken friend , the former employee of Shell Oil USA , has raised the question of why Shell has not sued us for libel Extracts from an article we published in February 2006 are informative on the subject . Since then , Shell was legally obliged to supply us with internal documents including one indicating that Shell decided long ago that it will never take legal action against us . Perhaps this is over concern about what Shell describes as internal laundry” being aired in open court . As will be seen , the
: Royal Dutch Shell plc com News and information on Royal Dutch Shell . Plc Skip to Content Home Contact Us Contributors Mission Shell Blog Shell Library Allegations against Royal Dutch Shell : Truth is not libel Dec 28th , 2010 by John Donovan COMMENTS FROM A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF SHELL OIL USA Read your comments about Shell not suing Bill Campbell for libel . Obviously , they have not done so because they could not win . Truth is not . libel One might ask why RD Shell has not sued you for libel . You have accused them publicly of all manner of nefarious undertaking . As I recall , you recently even accused them of engaging in espionage against a sovereign government and military ally of the United Kingdom , the United States . Yet not a word out of RD Shell management . Why Obviously , this
Royal Dutch Shell plc com News and information on Royal Dutch Shell . Plc Skip to Content Home Contact Us Contributors Mission Shell Blog Shell Library Why won’t Shell sue its former HSE Group Auditor Bill Campbell for libel Dec 27th , 2010 by John Donovan By John Donovan Printed below are extracts from an email I sent on 9 August 2006 to the then CEO of Royal Dutch Shell Plc . Mr Jeroen van der . Veer It concerned very serious published allegations against Shell management by the former HSE Group Auditor of Shell International , Mr Bill Campbell . His allegations related to the Brent Bravo explosion in which two Shell employees lost their lives as a consequence of alleged criminal negligence . It was an investigation led by Bill Campbell that revealed the notorious Touch Fu All” safety
Royal Dutch Shell plc com News and information on Royal Dutch Shell . Plc Skip to Content Home Contact Us Contributors Mission Shell Blog Shell Library Shell scam against its employees in the Philippines Dec 27th , 2010 by John Donovan I am Antonio L . Buensuceso Jr . an immigrant from the Philippines and residing at 12901 Francine Ter , Poway , Ca 92064 and an avid follower of your ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC.COM . website In fact , I am posting your column in my blog : shelltabangaorefinerylife.blogspot.com for the simple reason that as I see it we stand on the SAME ground against SHELL , who since 1978 upon the start of my employment in PILIPINAS SHELL PETROLEUM CORPORATION , Shell Refinery , Tabangao , Batangas City , PHILIPPINES until February 2002 when the company booted me out of the
Royal Dutch Shell plc com News and information on Royal Dutch Shell . Plc Skip to Content Home Contact Us Contributors Mission Shell Blog Shell Library Shell’s corruption czar’ Dec 26th , 2010 by John Donovan Comment by a former employee of Shell Oil USA I read your re-posting of RD Shell’s 2007 advert for a corruption czar’ or whatever they were going to call this person . Interesting . It gave me a good . chuckle This advert is a public albeit very quiet admission by RD Shell management that they know they have a very widespread corporate problem with : internal corruption , bribery , fraud , money laundering , accounting irregularities’ , extortion , industrial espionage , conspiracy , and all sort and manner of unsavory and illegal . conduct Where was the follow-up management house
, , , Royal Dutch Shell plc com News and information on Royal Dutch Shell . Plc Skip to Content Home Contact Us Contributors Mission Shell Blog Shell Library Shell to investigate fraud , contract corruption , bribery , money-laundering and organised crime inside the Shell Group Dec 26th , 2010 by John Donovan Extracts from an article we published in January 2007. It is evident from the recent news of Shell being mired in endemic corruption in Nigeria , that the anti-corruption campaign was just another illusion conjured up by the Shell propaganda ministry to fool disillusioned investors in the wake of the reserves fraud . Organised crime investigations should have started at the very top of the company . The fact that Richard Wiseman , the senior official in charge of Shell ethics and
The brutal reality of the resource curse in Africa is once again laid bare. The latest revelations from Wikileaks is that the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has siphoned $9bn in oil money and deposited it in foreign accounts, many of which are in London. Whilst the rest of the country languishes in brutal poverty, the...Continue reading 'The “Great Oil Thief”'.
With so much talk about shale gas, renewable energy and the chokehold that oil has on our economy, it's easy to forget about coal -- which will still be important 25 years from now.
Shares in BP are falling this morning – 3 per cent in early trading so far – on the news that it could face penalties of $21 billion-plus if found fully liable for damages in a US federal lawsuit regarding the Deepwater Horizon drilling disaster. But BP is not alone. The US Department of Justice...Continue reading 'Another $20 Billion Bill for BP'.
When you think of the Deepwater disaster earlier this year, of course the main company responsible for the spill that springs to mind is BP, the operator of the rig. The next villain in the story is Transocean, the owner of the rig. One name that does not automatically jump out is Anadarko, the minority...Continue reading 'Deepwater’s Forgotten Villain'.
On Saturday the outgoing Democratic governor of New York State, David Paterson ordered a seven-month moratorium on some natural gas drilling in the state. He issued an executive order prohibiting high-volume hydraulic fracturing of horizontally drilled wells. The order stands until July 1. Hydraulic fracturing which is also known as fracking, involves blasting millions of...Continue reading 'USA Becomes A Fractured Nation'.
It’s the last day at the Goundhog talks in Cancun and its going to be a late-nighter, that’s for sure. But whether anything meaningful comes from the Summit remains to be seen. This year’s summit was all about just keeping the talks on the road, not about radical deals, but even that limited goal seems...Continue reading 'Zombies, Car-Crashes and Life-Support..'.
One of the main concerns of the Ogoni activist and writer, Ken Saro-Wiwa was the collusion between Shell and the Nigerian Government. We already know that this collusion went from the top levels of the government to routine logistical and financial support for the military. Saro-Wiwa once said that one of their protests was “anti-Shell,...Continue reading 'Nigeria: “Shell has access to everything”'.
With only a few days to go in the UN climate talks in Cancún, many questions remain on the outcomes, including on one of the most important issues currently on the table – climate finance. Finance in the context of the climate talks refers to funding for developing countries to address climate needs – financing...Continue reading 'Global Climate Fund In, World Bank Out'.
Six years ago, in preparation for George Bush’s visit to the US, leaked Diplomatic cables by Wikileaks show that the ecological cost of the dirty sands was not seen as a diplomatic issue of contention. A message to President Bush by America’s Ambassador in Canada, noted that, in advance of Bush’s visit to Canada at...Continue reading 'Canada’s Secret “Sensitivities” over Tar Sands'.