Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Selling the Amazon for a Handful of Beads In the midst of an Amazonian oil boom, classified documents reveal deep links between oil companies and Ecuador's military.... This article mentions some major international oil companies, such as Occidental Oil and Chevron/Texaco, and is troublesome not only for the outrageous greed of these firms, but also the serious environmental degradation they continue to cause in the name of our biggest addiction, fossil fuels. Write to these firms and let your displeasure be heard. Call your credit card companies, ask them what they are doing to rectify their offenses, and if necessary, boycott those firms that don’t seem to you to be acting responsibly. If you can’t get them to listen on moral grounds, be sure that they will listen very well to the bottom dollar. It may only be a small dent in the obscene profits the oil companies are making right now, but doing what’s right feels oh so sweat. jg 10:13:47 PM    comment []

Skyline Extra Credit - Week Two OK, for today's extra credit, I'd like you to do some research on the web. Find a science blog, like this one, and post it's address in the reply box. Search anywhere you like, although you might start with Google, but you could also try Scirus, or even here! Leave your name and the information in the reply post, or drop me an email me at jgiacobbe_skyline@cox.net. Ten easy points for this one! jg 12:37:22 AM    comment []

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