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Chevron Owes More to Richmond
Jult 17, 2009 - By Antonia Juhasz: By revenue, Chevron is the largest corporation in California, the second-largest U.S. oil corporation and the third-largest corporation in the nation. Chevron's nearly $24 billion in profits for 2008 were its largest on record and the fourth-highest profits of any corporation in the world. Chevron's profits have increased every year since 2002, increasing by an astounding 2,100 percent. Those who have not benefited are the Richmond community, the site of Chevron's oldest refinery, and the state of California.
Antonia Juhasz on Air America's Ring of Fire
June 17, 2009: Two weeks ago, Chevron convened their yearly meeting of shareholders, where they discussed their record-breaking profits from 2008, and the future of their cash-flush company. But some of the things that weren't talked about in that meeting include the company's support of murderous dictators in Nigeria and Burma, their push for increased drilling off America's coastlines, and their lobbying efforts to get the government to approve more of their coal processing plants.
Chevron Shareholders Ignore Company's Abuses
June 9, 2009 - By Mike Papantonio: A textbook sociopath is difficult to pick out of a crowd unless you have special training as a shrink. So just imagine how difficult it becomes when that sociopath is a corporation that spends billions of dollars on ad campaigns that hide their most malignant qualities.
Chevron's Inhumane Energy Exposed to Light of Day but Oil Giant Keeps on Spinning
June 5, 2009 - By Ben Terrall: Though 2008 was Chevron's most profitable year in its more than 130 year history, the oil giant is facing opposition from increasing numbers of global citizens who say the company's environmental, public health, and human rights record leaves much to be desired.
Antonia Juhasz on Tell Somebody
June 2, 2009: Antonia Juhasz is a policy analyst, author and activist, and she attended the recent annual shareholder meeting of Chevron with an alternative annual report. She got on the phone with Tell Somebody to talk about what’s wrong with Chevron and how the meeting went.
Antonia Juhasz on KQED's Forum
May 28, 2009: We talk with Antonia Juhasz, policy analyst, author of "The Tyranny of Oil" and lead author and editor of "The True Cost of Chevron: An Alternative Annual Report" and look at the latest news and geopolitical issues surrounding the company.
Photos from the Chevron AGM Protest
May 27, 2009: If you were there, please send us more photos and we'll post them as well!
Reports, Resistance, and Resolutions Make Chevron Shareholders Question Oil Giant's Vitality
May 27, 2009 - Press Release: Chevron shareholders were given a full account of the true costs of Chevron's global operations by a delegation of representatives of Chevron affected communities from the across the nation and around the world. Outside supporters filled the entryway, closing Chevron's front gate with a vibrant rally.
ChevWrong: Chevron Earns Record Profits but Isn't Reporting the Inhuman Costs of Its Global Enterprise
May 27, 2009 - By Sarah Phelan: When Chevron Corp. holds its annual shareholders meeting at its San Ramon headquarters May 27, its top executives are expected to give investors a glowing report on how this global enterprise came to rake in a profit of $23.9 billion last year – a staggering 28.1 percent increase over the past year.
Chevron Annual Meeting Heats Up Over Ecuador Suit
May 27, 2009 - By Jordan Robertson, Associated Press: In a combative and sometimes colorful annual meeting, Chevron's CEO and chairman exchanged barbs with activists over pollution in the Amazon rain forest and the company's human rights record, twice scolding speakers who addressed executives.
Chevron: A Financial House of Cards Collapsing?
May 26, 2009 - Press Release: At a press conference today in San Francisco, a unique coalition of communities directly affected by Chevron from across the United States and around the world called on the company to come clean to its shareholders and the public as to the true costs associated with its operations and to clean up its act, not just its image. The coalition warned that Chevron's failure to take immediate action would result in a continuing cascade of lawsuits and public opposition to its operations, severely threatening is financial stability.
Antonia Juhasz on Democracy Now!
May 26, 2009: Just ahead of Chevron's shareholder meeting, a new report tells shareholders more about the hidden and underreported costs of these profits. The alternative annual report brings together stories from communities across the world directly affected by and in struggle against Chevron's operations.
Chevron's Greenwashing Ad Campaign
May 26, 2009 - By Julie Schwietert, MatadorChange: Big oil realizes it's in big trouble. The world's big oil companies are in a tough position: they source and sell one of the most in-demand products in a world where consumers are increasingly sensitive to the environmental and human rights impacts of oil production and consumption.
Chevron, Shell and the True Cost of Oil
May 26, 2009 - By Amy Goodman: The economy is in shambles, unemployment is soaring, the auto industry is collapsing. But profits are higher than ever at oil companies Chevron and Shell. Yet across the globe, from the Ecuadorian jungle, to the Niger Delta in Nigeria, to the courtrooms and streets of New York and San Ramon, Calif., people are fighting back against the world's oil giants.
Antonia Juhasz on Uprising Radio
May 26, 2009: Ahead of its annual shareholder meeting tomorrow, the Chevron Corporation is facing increasing scrutiny for its business practices around the world from California to Ecuador. The second most profitable oil company in the United States faced a continuing legal challenge just last week from a coalition of environmental groups in Richmond, California. The activists say that Chevron’s plans to replace old equipment at its refinery in the city will allow for the processing of heavier crude that would lead to an increase in pollution.
What's Not in Chevron's Annual Report
May 26, 2009 - By Cameron Scott, The Thin Green Line: Fed up with the rash of puff pieces on the company, Chevron's opponents have taken matters into their own hands, releasing an alternate annual report that presents the externalities not listed in the company's balance sheet.
"True Cost of Chevron" Launches New Website and Ad Blitz
May 22, 2009 - Press Release: The True Cost of Chevron Campaign today launched a new website as a hub of information on Chevron's global toxic operations. The website truecostofchevron.com highlights Chevron's human and environmental consequences around the world while illustrating the unprecedented coalition against Chevron.
