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An economic suicide pact for Europe and the US
Climate alarmism threatens intense pain, for no environmental gain by Paul K. Driessen Washington Times January 28, 2007 Europeans have worked themselves into such a lather over “climate chaos” that they’ve set themselves up for a head-on collision between eco-ideology and economic reality. With the new Democratic Congress poised to ram through heavy-handed climate legislation, […]
Climate McCarthyism and eco-Inquisitions
Censoring news and views to advance ideologies and legislation by Paul K. Driessen Providence Journal Two centuries years ago, Voltaire reportedly proclaimed, “I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.” Today, our free speech traditions are under assault. Colleges prohibit “offensive” and “politically incorrect” speech. Radical […]
The wheels are coming off the wind energy gravy train
A common claim in the news stories is that we are actually an oil-and-gas funded entity. They’ve tied us to the Koch Brothers. We all wish. Apparently they cannot believe that individuals and local groups can think for themselves and impact public policy, without a puppet master telling us what to do and say.
Statement by Paul Driessen at ExxonMobil annual shareholder meeting
Dallas, Texas by Paul K. Driessen Proposal #1: Board of Directors Nominees Response to activist claims about global warming I’m Paul Driessen, senior policy advisor for the Congress of Racial Equality, one America’s oldest and most respected civil rights organizations. I urge ExxonMobil shareholders to approve its entire slate of directors. The charges and claims being […]
Shareholder activists violate human rights, CORE charges at ExxonMobil annual meeting
CORE Press Release May 28, 2004 by Congress of Racial Equality Congress of Racial Equality May 2004 For Immediate Release Contact: Niger Innis May 28, 2004 212-598-4000 Shareholder activists violate human rights, CORE charges at ExxonMobil annual meeting “I am delighted that shareholder activists are making human rights and corporate social responsibility keynote topics at this meeting,” […]
Time to terminate Big Wind subsidies
The battle over wind energy subsidies in America is heating up. After suffering defeat in four straight efforts to extend the Production Tax Credit, Big “Wind lobbyists have greatly expanded their efforts to secure enough Democrat and Republican votes to transfer still more billions from US taxpayers and ratepayers to industrial wind companies that would not survive without more handouts.
Electricity – A basic human right
Blackouts remind us what life is like without electricity by Paul K. Driessen Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services September 2003 WASHINGTON, DC, September 2003 ¾ The great Northeast power failure and Hurricane Isabel reminded millions of Americans what it’s like to be without electrical power. Schools, offices, factories and water purification plants closed. Lights, computers, televisions, telephones, stoves, refrigerators, […]
BP concedes alternative energy still not viable
by Paul K. Driessen Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services July 2003 WASHINGTON, DC, July 2003 ¾ For two years, BP’s marketing spin-meisters concocted ads proclaiming that the world’s second biggest hydrocarbon producer had gone “Beyond Petroleum.” One proudly announced: “Solar, natural gas, hydrogen, wind. And oh yes, oil. It’s a start.” Another hoped people wouldn’t gag on the line, […]
Back to Petroleum
BP, master of “greenwashing” its public image through advertising, is rushing back to its petroleum base. In reality, it never left it. by Paul K. Driessen March 2003 WASHINGTON, DC, March 2003 For two years, BP’s marketing spinmeisters concocted ads proclaiming that the world’s second biggest hydrocarbon producer had gone “Beyond Petroleum.” One proudly announced: “Solar, […]
Shouldn’t all organizations have to tell the truth?
by Dennis T. Avery Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services March 2003 CHURCHVILLE, VA, March 2003 BP, a huge international oil company once known as British Petroleum, now says BP stands for “beyond petroleum.” It invested $200 million in solar during the past year or so. But BP produces only enough solar electricity to light the city […]