Saturday, April 10, 2010

The Week's Highlights In Good Ol' Fashioned Corporate Villainy

Cross-posted from Treehugger

The Greedy Coal Company that
Overlooks It's Employees Safety
for Profit
29 employees were killed in an
explosion. Company's boss Don
Blankenship found safety concerns
to be a nuisance.

The Shipping Company that Took
a Shortcut through the Barrier
Reef-and Crashed
Coal- carrying vessel smashed into
part of the Great Barrier Reef.

Oil Company Revealed to Spend
Millions to Confuse Public About
Science
$50 million dollars into funding
public campaigns designed  to
confuse the public about climate
science. Good ol' Koch Industries.

Biggest Private Company in the
World Didn't Pay Federal Taxes
in 2009
ExxonMobil doesn't pay any
federal income taxes.

18,000 Gallon Oil Spill in Wildlife 
Refuge
Chevron's oil pipeline ruptured,
spewing crude into a pristine
wildlife refuge.http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/04/week-highlights-old-fashioned-corporate-villainy.php 

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