Word: arco
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Thorton F. Bradshaw '40, president of Atlantic Richfield Corp. (ARCO), spoke to guests at Lowell House last night while 12 protesters marched outside...
About a dozen members of the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC) and the Southern Africa Solidarity Committee (SASC) rallied outside of the talk in the Lowell House senior common room, charging ARCO with considering corporate profits before consumer interests, and with drilling off the coast of South Africa...
Before the meeting, Daniel A. Lashof '81, a DSOC member, said the two groups oppose "the undemocratic nature of ARCO's power to rip-off the American public...
Bradshaw said ARCO is actively investing in alternative energy sources--mainly in shale and solar power--and denied that ARCO is active in South Africa...
Bradshaw said he thinks the nation will use nuclear power and coal as transitional fuels but added that safety considerations will demand a rapid switch to solar power. ARCO is extensively researching different uses of solar energy, especially a plan based on decentralized photovoltaic cells...