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French Oil Giant Total Spends $1.4 Billion To Control SunPower, But Why?

The reason Total made the purchase is because it cares deeply about the environment. Just kidding. It's because the company thinks solar is going to make lots of money.READ»

Chevron Fined $8 Billion for Polluting the Amazon in History-Making Case

"It is the first time Indigenous people have sued a multinational corporation in the country where the crime was committed and won," says a watchdog group.READ»

Hoaxes and the Chevron Debacle

The hijacked "We Agree" campaign stung Chevron. Yet, hoaxes have a deep history in our culture. Back in August, I wrote a piece about our fascination with figures like P.T. Barnum, Andy Kaufman, and World Wrestling Entertainment's Vince McMahon who constantly blur the distinction between fantasy and reality. They play a crucial role in our society.READ»

What Spill? Chevron Starts Deepwater Gulf Drilling

Chevron has announced that it plans to file an application for deepwater drilling permits in the Gulf. But while the oil giant doesn't have the abysmal safety record of BP, we should still be wary.READ»

Chevron's New Ad Campaign Is a Slick Yes Men Hoax [Update]

Part of the genius of the Yes Men is that they really know when to pull the trigger on a good prank. We bit. READ»

First Green Lights For Large-Scale Solar on U.S. Land

Two California-based projects are the first utility-scale solar installations on federal lands to get the go-ahead from the Bureau of Land Management -- and there are a dozen more to follow.READ»

Gulf Coast Oil's Disappearing Act Comes to an End

Giving the lie to claims that the oil had "disappeared," Greenpeace scientists went out sampling and found oil as far away as 300 miles from the spill site.READ»

Sustainability Faceoff: Chevron vs. ExxonMobil

It's hard to pick a winner in a sustainability faceoff between two oil companies--we've all seen in recent weeks what kind of havoc said companies can wreak--we haven't forgotten about the Exxon Valdez disaster, either. ...READ»

Has BP Actually Moved Beyond Petroleum?

When BP gave itself the tagline "Beyond Petroleum" in 2000, few environmentalists took the company seriously. Just one year later, Mother Jones magazine named BP as one of the 10 worst corporations for its environmental and human ...READ»

Brightsource Brings Solar Power to the Oil Industry

What do you think of when you hear the phrase "solar power"? Chances are, you don't picture a Chevron oil field. Yet that's exactly where BrightSource Energy wants to put a 29-megawatt solar thermal plant by the end of 2010. As oil ...READ»

Nuns Pressure Chevron to Track Carbon Emissions

Oil companies aren't usually known for their environmental awareness, but Chevron became the largest company--and the only major U.S. oil company--to track its carbon emissions yesterday. The declaration came partially as a result ...READ»

UC Davis's Energy Efficiency Center Makes Conservation Sexy

Professor Andrew Hargadon believes energy efficiency can be sexy -- and he's winning fans at Chevron, Samsung, and Wal-Mart, and in Silicon Valley.READ»

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Ideo's Roshi Givechi Offers Six Ways to Make Energy Conservation Electrifiying

When Roshi Givechi first came to Ideo from Microsoft she thought she had made a mistake. The famously human-centered firm wasn't giving her many opportunities to design for real people. "I thought, is this for me?" she ...READ»

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Clean Tech Recession: Winners And Losers

Green energy is still a lightning-fast growth area in venture capital--VC investment in green energy technologies in 2008 exceeded $7.7 billion in more than 350 deals, more than double last year’s dollar totals, according to ...READ»