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Friday, October 5, 2012
Foreign Dollars Impacting American Elections
"This story first appeared on the Center for Public Integrity's website.
A million-dollar donation by a foreign-owned corporation to a Republican super-PAC has raised legal concerns and opened up the controversial Citizens United Supreme Court decision to new criticism.
Restore Our Future, the super-PAC supporting Republican Mitt Romney's run for president, received a $1 million donation in mid-August from reinsurance company OdysseyRe of Connecticut, a "wholly-owned subsidiary" of Canadian insurance and investment management giant Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited."
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/10/canadian-foreign-donation-super-pac-restore-our-future
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Ethics, Honesty and Ice
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/09/26/913131/fourth-largest-publicly-traded-oil-company-calls-arctic-offshore-oil-drilling-a-potential-disaster/
Total SA, the fourth largest publicly traded oil and gas company in the world, has become the first major oil producer to admit that offshore drilling in Arctic waters is a risky idea, telling the Financial Times yesterday that such operations could be a “disaster,” and warning other companies against drilling in the region.
The company’s CEO, Christophe de Margerie, said the risk of a potentially devastating oil spill was too high and that “a leak would do too much damage to the image of the company.” His note of caution marks the first time a major oil company has spoken out publicly against offshore exploration in the remote and fragile region.
Total’s message to a growing list of influential voices publicly expressing their opposition to offshore drilling in the Arctic Ocean.
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