-Caveat Lector- Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 19:06:33 -0400 From: Karl Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For most of the 20th century, oil companies have tried unsuccessfully to obtain control of two oil fields owned and operated by the federal government – the Teapot Dome field in Casper, Wyo., and the Elk Hills field in Bakersfield, Calif. Despite his public reputation as a staunch environmentalist and his authorship of Earth in the Balance, Gore recommended that the president approve giving oil companies access to this publicly owned land that the U.S. Navy had held as emergency reserves since 1912. In October 1997, the Energy Department announced that the government would sell 47,000 acres of the Elk Hills reserve to Occidental. It was the largest privatization of federal property in U.S. history, one that tripled Occidental’s U.S. oil reserves overnight. Although the Energy Department was required to assess the likely environmental consequences of the proposed sale, it didn’t. Instead it hired a private company, ICF Kaiser International, Inc., to complete the assessment. The general chairman of Gore’s presidential campaign, Tony Coelho, sat on the board of directors. http://www.public-i.org/story_01_010400.htm -- ============================ -- CUT OUT THE MIDDLEMEN -- JUST VOTE FOR A CORPORATION ============================ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
