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The Enron of nonprofits
Watchdog group charges Greenpeace with tax code violations by Paul K. Driessen Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services September 2003 WASHINGTON, DC, September 2003 Its famous name and high-profile campaigns convinced legions of people to invest in it – because it was devoted to the public interest. But complex corporate structures enabled it to violate tax laws […]
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, […]
Death by Public Policy
by Henry I. Miller, MD Scripps Howard News Service April 2003 STANFORD, CA, April 2003 Germany is unwilling, for once, to go to war. French President Jacques Chirac sputters that Eastern European nations’ support of America over Iraq “is not well-brought-up behavior.” More Europeans think George Bush is a threat to world peace than Saddam […]
Hypocrisy on Parade
Congress should shun Hollywood’s advice in vote on Alaskan oil by Paul K. Driessen Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services April 2003 WASHINGTON, DC, April 2003 ¾ As if we needed it, this year’s somewhat subdued Academy Awards ceremony again reminded us how out-of-touch Hollywood is with America and reality. After hectoring us about saving energy, the glitterati arrived for their big night […]
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 […]
BP: Back to Petroleum
by Paul K. Driessen Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services March 2003 WASHINGTON, DC, March 2003 ¾ 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, natural gas, hydrogen, wind. And oh yes, oil. It’s a start.” Another hoped people wouldn’t gag on the line, […]
How Europe is killing Africans
It may – as its advocates constantly exclaim – be based on a noble quest to safeguard our Earth’s future, but the “good science” of ecology leaves many urgent questions unanswered. Among the most pressing: – Why do Europe’s developed countries impose their environmental ethics on poor countries that are simply trying to pass through […]
Animals over Africans – European Priorities
by Deroy Murdock Scripps Howard News Service and National Review Online February 2003 NEW YORK, NY, February 2003 It’s a shame European functionaries don’t care as much about Africans as they do about pigs. British hog farmers are baffled by new regulations imposed by Eurocrats in Brussels. They require them to give toys to pigs […]
“Beyond Petroleum” – Beyond the Truth
by Alan Caruba The Sierra Times January 2003 MAPLEWOOD, NJ, January 2003 I was watching a recent “Meet the Press” and was struck by two commercials, one by British Petroleum (BP) and one by ExxonMobil. Both strove to convey a message of environmental responsibility, but the BP commercial failed the truth test on several counts. […]
Foes of Biotechnology Ignore Global Hunger
by Dr C. S. Prakash Atlanta Journal-Constitution December 1999 Anti-technology activists accuse corporations of “playing God” by genetically improving crops, but it is these so-called environmentalists who are really playing God, not with genes but with the lives of poor and hungry people. While activist organizations spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote fear […]