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Authors: Steve Coll
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Gabon, 141, 150
Gaddafi, Muammar, 97, 159, 531
Galante, Edward G., xiii, 210, 211–12, 314, 315–17, 332, 338
Galbraith, John Kenneth, 570
Galbraith, Peter, 570
G.A.M. (Free Aceh Movement) (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka), 102–3, 105, 111, 112, 143, 394–95, 401
in Banda-Aceh meeting, 115–17, 118
extortion campaign of, 93, 97–98
ExxonMobil and, 98–102, 110–11, 113–14, 119, 398–99
Gelbard’s diplomacy and, 99–102, 114, 115–20
Gamble, Mel, 173, 292–93, 294, 296–97
Gandhi, Mohandas, 182
Ganesan, Arvind, 106, 221–22, 405
Garba, Salibou, 160, 174–75
García Márquez, Gabriel, 137, 601
Garka, Boukinebe, 356
Garvin, Clifton C., Jr., 7, 47, 62, 76, 203–4, 634
n
Gary, Ian, 167
gasoline, 216–17, 497
chemical elements in, 381–82
growing consumption of, 379–80
historic high prices of, 419–20
Hurricane Katrina and, 319
oil dependency and, 618–19
retail, 371–74
taxing, 345
U.S. consumption of, 650
n
Gas Research Institute, 584, 585
Gas Technology Institute, 585
Gazprom, 53, 278
Geithner, Timothy, 169
Gelbard, Robert, xiv, 101–2, 113, 119
Aceh diplomacy of, 99–102, 114, 115–20
General Electric, 40, 74, 180, 318, 624–25
General Motors, 19, 40, 85, 318
General Services Administration, 288
Geological Operations, 158
Germany, 19, 253, 278, 587
Ghadhban, Thamir, xv, 233–36
Ghana, 472
Gheit, Fadel, 57
Gibson, Charles, 502
Gilbarco Veeder-Root, 374
Gillan, Joseph A., 73
Gilman, Howard, 551–52
Gilman, Mark, 191, 324, 325, 326, 591–92
Global Climate and Energy Project, 180–81
Global Climate Coalition, 85
Global Systems Model, 337
global warming, 77, 79, 81–83, 90, 91, 134, 180, 224, 226, 324, 345, 347–48, 440, 446, 498, 535, 596, 610, 619, 620, 621
G. W. Bush on, 89, 90
see also
climate change
Global Witness, 169
Gold, Russell, 587
Goldman Sachs, 554
Goldthwait, Christopher, xiv, 154–55, 157, 169, 170–71, 175, 359–60, 638
n
Goldwyn, David, 531
Golubev, Yuri, 269
Goodwin, Rockefeller, 40
GoodWorks International, 370
Google, 20, 551
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 13, 252, 255, 260
Gordon, Bart, 343
Gordon, Douglas, 241–42
Gore, Al, 68, 89, 181, 337–38, 339, 535–36, 635
n
Gorton, Slade, 15
Grameen Bank, 554
Grasso, Richard, 272
Gravity Magnetics Group, 158
Great Britain, 51, 58, 61, 85, 197, 200, 220, 231, 244, 261, 282, 286, 293, 455, 619
ExxonMobil operations in, 224
Great Depression, 540
Greco, John, 390
greenhouse effect, 88, 91, 301, 310, 500, 580, 585, 596
cap-and-trade debate and, 539, 547
ExxonMobil’s opposition to regulation of, 180–81, 336, 347–48, 479
natural process of, 77–78
Obama’s energy policy and, 543–44, 545–46, 547
Raymond’s Beijing speech on, 81–84
Rio Summit and, 80–81
see also
climate change; global warming
Greenpeace, 26, 34, 85, 181, 336, 536
ExxonMobil as targeted by, 182–88
ExxonMobil protest raid of, 186–88
internal culture of, 182
oil companies targeted by, 181–82
Greenspan, Alan, 200–201, 581, 586
Gref, German, 254, 277
Grumet, Jason, 498
GSAAuctions.gov, 288
Guatemala, 519
Gulf War of 1991, 228, 229, 511
Guyer, Jane, 165
Guzinsky, Vladimir, 271
Habré, Hissène, 155, 158–59
Hadley, Stephen, 239, 241, 252
Hagel, Chuck, 301–2
Hagen, Pete, 133
Haggar, Ali Abdel-Rhamane, 171
Haifa pipeline, 233–35
Haines, Robert, 72, 108, 113, 220, 342, 403, 563
Halliburton, 52, 67–68, 70, 145, 162, 235, 244, 373–74, 461–62, 567, 573, 602, 613
Halperin, Mark, 487
Hand, Henry, 145–46
Hansen, James, 78, 80, 90
Harper, Stephen, 545
Harris, John F., 487
Harrison, Otto, xiii, 14–15
Hart Research Associates, 554
Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, 481
Hassett, Kevin, 536
Hawrami, Ashti, 567
Hayward, Tony, 612
Hazelwood, Joseph, Jr., xv, 4–6, 634
n
Health and Human Services Department, U.S., 381
Heartland Institute, 86, 340, 345
Heimbold, Charles, 91
Heintz, Ron, 128
Henry, Jamie Lee, 334
Henry, Simon, 590
Henry Dunant Centre, 115
Heritage Foundation, 184, 232, 565
Heritage Mobil stations, 372
Hess Corporation, 514–15, 520, 529, 571
see also
Amerada Hess
Hewlett-Packard, 80
Hickel, Walter, 605
Hill, Christopher, 558
Hinchey, Maurice, 500
Hissène, Mahamat, 358, 367, 370
History of the Standard Oil Company, The
(Tarbell), 35
Hitchcock, Liz, 487, 491
Hochstein, Amos, 292, 295, 297
Houghton, James R., 315
House of Representatives, Nigerian, 466
House of Representatives, U.S., 73, 342, 343, 496, 617, 650
n
Energy and Commerce Committee of, 488, 489–90, 494, 551
Science and Technology Committee of, 343
toy safety bill in, 486
Waxman-Markey bill in, 552
Hoyt, Max, 488
Hubbard, Allan, 303–4
Hubble, Henry, 493–94
human rights, 170, 504, 510
Aceh war and, 101–5, 107, 110–11, 114, 118, 120, 396–98, 400
Equatorial Guinea and, 142–43, 145, 146–48, 150–51, 152–53, 296–97, 511–13, 516, 521, 529, 531–33
ExxonMobil and, 220–23, 404–5, 521
Human Rights Watch, 106, 152, 220–21, 222, 405, 531–32
Humble Oil and Refining, 3, 36, 61, 77, 608
Humphreys, Donald, 493
Hungary, 17, 587
Hunt, Hunter L., 569
Hunt, Ray L., 569–70
Hunt Oil, 568–71, 622
Hurricane Katrina, 319
Hurricane Rita, 319
Hurtt, Adrienne, 45
Hushka, Leslie, 481
Hussein, Saddam, 59, 227, 228, 230, 232, 360, 440, 558, 561, 564, 574
Hutchison, Kay Bailey, 335
Hutto, F. Chase,, III, 304–5
Hutton, Keith, 589
hydraulic fracturing, 580–81
hydrocarbons, classes of, 127
hydrogen, 437, 444–45
I.B.M., 19, 318
Ibrahim, Khalil, 357
Ijaw Patriotic Front, 456
Immelt, Jeffrey, 180
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S., 526
Imperial Oil, 544
Inconvenient Truth, An
(film), 337
India, 224, 257, 303, 310, 324, 415, 420, 422, 440, 457, 512, 559, 618, 620
Indonesia, 20, 59, 62, 93–94, 95, 99–100, 102, 104, 107, 112–13, 114–15, 116, 197, 232, 351, 352, 364, 415, 419, 636
n
John Doe
lawsuit and, 120, 399–406, 621
2004 tsunami in, 402–7
see also
Aceh war
Indonesian National Army,
see
T.N.I.
Industry and Trade Ministry, Indonesian, 114
Ingersol, Scott, 562
Inhofe, James, 87, 185
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (I.P.C.C.), 79, 81, 88, 347, 635
n
Interior Department, U.S., 605–8, 609, 610