Word: occidentale
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It's not exactly the stuff of scandal, Al Gore's connection to Occidental Petroleum, but it doesn't do much for his efforts to proclaim himself free of the "oil stain" he sees all over George W. Bush. Indeed, the connection has even necessitated an occasional bit of uncomfortable...
The protesters claimed Gore owns stock in an oil company, Occidental Petroleum, that drills in Colombia, and they claim is unfriendly to the environment and the local Colombian population.
When President Clinton proposed giving $1.6 billion in military aid to fight drug lords in Colombia last week, he probably never thought of the U'Wa Indians. But the tribe is fighting off attempts by Occidental Petroleum to drill for an estimated 1.5 billion bbl. of oil on ancestral lands...
This week in New Hampshire, U.S. activists plan to show up waving placards demanding that AL GORE take a stand. Why Gore? Because he helps control up to $500,000 worth of Oxy stock inherited from his father AL GORE SR., a longtime Occidental board member. Those shares could be...