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Authors: Steve Coll
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Burma, 244
Burt, Richard, 292
Bush, Barbara, 235
Bush, George H. W., 13, 69, 80–81, 235, 247, 252, 314, 557, 565
Bush, George W., xiv, 76, 77, 143, 145–47, 181, 229, 239, 248, 249, 257, 258, 266, 277, 278, 280, 285, 290, 293, 301, 340, 364, 412, 418, 430, 444, 468, 531, 543, 557, 559, 568, 570
addiction-to-oil speech of, 435–39, 445
on alternate energy, 436–37
on climate change, 89, 90, 91, 303
Consumer Safety Act signed by, 493
Equatorial Guinea policy and, 294–96
in Moscow visit, 258–59
oil dependency issue and, 303–4
Putin and, 250–51, 252
Bush, Jeb, 606
Bush, Laura, 250
Bush (G.H.W.) administration, 162, 280
Bush (G. W.) administration, 70, 101, 112–13, 114, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 134–35, 174–75, 183, 189, 204, 205, 254, 259, 265, 266, 267, 274, 276, 277, 290–91, 301–2, 304, 365, 441, 499, 545, 561, 563, 564, 568–69, 570, 620, 622
Aceh war intervention of, 395–96, 400
alternate energy issue and, 436–37
Chad and, 366–67
Chavez regime and, 411–12
China oil policy and, 242
climate change issue and, 179, 183–84, 337–38
climate change working group of, 89–91
energy policy and, 69
Equatorial Guinea policy and, 143, 145–46, 147–49, 296, 514–15, 518, 520, 531, 532
Iraq oil industry and, 564–66, 572
Iraq War and, 228, 231, 236–37, 247–48
John Doe
lawsuit and, 401–2
Nigeria policy and, 468–69
Voluntary Principles and, 404
BusinessWeek,
104
Calil, Eli, 285
Cameron, James, 528
Cameroon, 138–39, 141–42, 145, 147, 150, 154, 155, 350, 515
Chad-Kribi pipeline and, 163–65
Campbell, John, 143–44, 455–56, 462
Canada, 51, 58, 440, 453, 598
and pipeline to U.S., 623
tar sands deposits of, 55, 192, 421, 544–48
U.S. oil relationship with, 544, 548
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 546
cap-and-trade system, 226, 535, 538–40, 547, 551, 555
Brookings study on, 553–54
ExxonMobil’s opposition to, 536–37, 541
Obama on, 540–41
Waxman-Markey bill and, 552–53
carbon dioxide, 78, 80, 83–84, 88, 89, 91, 226, 311, 348, 436, 617–18, 619, 620
carbon tax, 535–36, 539, 541–43, 556, 596
ExxonMobil’s endorsement of, 537–39, 541, 549, 552–53
Carlon, Joseph R., 30
Carroll, Philip J., Jr., 231, 233, 235–36, 565
Carson, Johnnie, 471, 531
Carter, Jimmy, 238–39, 401, 435
Carter, Susan, 341
Carter administration, 76
Cassidy & Associates, 291–92, 295, 296, 297, 518–20
Castel, P. Kevin, 430, 431, 432–33
Catholic Relief Services, 167, 169
Cato Institute for Public Policy Research, 184
Cazzaniga, Vicenzo, 197–98
Cejka, Tim, 587, 591–92
Center for Policy Innovation, 552
Center for Public Integrity, 612
Center for Responsive Politics, 494
Center for Strategic and International Studies, 613
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 482
Central African Republic, 155
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 2, 72, 207, 238, 241, 297, 470, 516
Chad operations of, 172–73, 174–75, 352–53
Equatorial Guinea coup and, 292–93
M.E.N.D. analyzed by, 463
Cerro Negro Association Agreement, 414
Chad, 20, 154–76, 192, 232, 349–70, 440, 453, 522, 622
Al Qaeda threat and, 172–73
Bush (G. W.) administration’s agreement with, 366–67
Chad-Kribi pipeline in, 163–66
C.I.A. operations in, 172–73, 174–75, 352–53
corruption and waste in, 353–54, 356, 359
Darfur crisis and, 356–57, 362–65
Déby coup in, 155–57
Esso’s exploration of, 157–58
ExxonMobil’s operations in, 159–60, 162–63, 167–70, 349–51, 354–55, 359, 361–62, 367–68, 370
F.A.R.F. suppressed in, 167
Habré regime of, 155
Kome-5 faculty of, 349–50, 354
Obama’s visit to, 368–70
oil deposits of, 157–58
rebel raid on, 363–64
resource curse and, 166–67, 360
Sahel region of, 172, 173
State Department and, 154, 354
Sudan conflict and, 351–52, 356–57, 363–64
tax dispute and, 367–68
U.S. relations with, 158–59, 170, 174–75
Wolfowitz-World Bank crisis of, 360–66, 367
World Bank-Exxon deal and, 163–69, 350, 353–56, 358
Chaplin, John Paul, xiii, 453–54, 456, 457, 465, 467, 469–70
Chaves, Milton, 424
Chavez, Hugo, xv, 408–9, 411–12, 424, 425, 426–28, 432–34
Orinoco operations seizure and, 422–23
royalties dispute and, 415–17
see also
Venezuela
chemical industry, 478–87
DINP and, 482–84, 486, 487
ExxonMobil lobbying and, 485–87
Hazard Index and, 481
phthalates used in, 481–87, 489–91
precautionary principle and, 480, 484–85
risk analysis and, 479–81, 484
Cheney, Lynne, 68, 270
Cheney, Richard B., xiv, 76, 77, 143, 145–46, 162, 173, 181, 204, 205, 235, 243–45, 255, 267, 270, 304, 323, 324, 406, 438, 462, 497
energy policy and, 69–70, 89–91, 320–21
Raymond’s friendship with, 70–71, 239–40, 247–48, 276
Chesapeake Energy, 591
Chesebro, Stephen, 262
Chevalier, Jeff, 611
Chevron Corporation, 31, 36, 40, 51, 70, 277, 322, 340, 488, 550, 578, 595–96, 608
Chad and, 159, 172, 368, 369–70
Iraqi oil industry and, 229, 568
Kazakhstan project of, 252
liquefied natural gas industry and, 581
lobbying by, 342, 540–41
Nigeria and, 454, 457, 463, 475
oil reserves of, 58
R.O.C.E. of, 596
Russian oil industry and, 254–55, 258–59, 273
Texaco merged with, 61, 275, 277
Venezuela operations of, 414, 415, 418
Chile, 287
China, People’s Republic of, 18, 81, 82, 83, 224, 240–45, 246, 247, 266, 272–73, 297, 303, 308, 310, 324, 345, 368, 415, 425, 440, 449, 453, 486, 512, 513, 546, 547, 555, 559, 617, 618, 620
Africa oil trade of, 241–42
“Go Out” policy of, 241
oil dependency of, 243–44
oil imports of, 240–41, 420, 422
U.S. Navy and, 243–44, 245
Chong, Tommy, 108, 110
Chow, Ed, 36
Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel (C.H.A.P.), 483, 492
Chu, Steven, 543
Cirigliano, Tom, 187
CITGO gas stations, 430
Citigroup, 169, 315, 361
Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission,
624
Clark, Wayne, 520–21
Clarke, D. L., 382
Clement, Paul, 406–7
Climate Central, 620
climate change, 134, 179, 240, 311, 545, 583
Airlie Center conference on, 345–47
BP and, 224–26
Bush administration and, 179, 183–84, 337–38
Bush working group on, 89–91
Copenhagen talks on, 555
ExxonMobil and, 91–92, 179–80, 182–86, 187, 310–11, 534–35, 536–37, 543
forecasts of, 310–11
Global System Model of, 337
greenhouse effect and, 77–78
G. W. Bush’s skepticism of, 303
Kyoto Protocol and,
see
Kyoto Protocol
oil industry and, 84–89
public confusion on, 619–20
Raymond’s doubts of, 181, 183, 184–85, 187, 309, 311
Rio summit and, 80–81
Tillerson and, 335–38, 347, 534–35, 536–37, 543, 596
2000 election and, 181
2008 election and, 504–6
see also
cap-and-trade system; carbon tax; global warming
Climate Research Board, 78
Clinton, Bill, 165, 224, 343, 540, 549, 550, 554, 570
Clinton, Hillary, 76, 302, 341–42, 498–99, 531, 550–51
Clinton administration, 68, 70, 81, 85, 86, 104, 106, 145, 167, 168, 189, 220, 253, 367, 485, 543, 620