If Chevron took all the money it’s spent on its endless “We Agree” greenwashing commercials and invested it renewable energy, how much progress might’ve been made by now?
Chevron spent less than $1 billion on renewable energy in 2006 & 2007, under 4 percent of its total capital and exploratory expenditures. Meanwhile, Chevron made nearly $8 billion in profit in just the months of July, August & September this year.
Meanwhile, Chevron has spent more than $50 million on lobbying in recent years to fight a clean energy & climate bill, attempt to gut the Clean Air Act, and strip laws that protect communities from the dangers of fracking. Chevron also created one of the worst environmental catastrophes in history, dumping 18.5 billion gallons of toxic waste in Amazon rainforest streams. And Chevron is responsible for a new oil disaster off Brazil.
But Chevron’s hoping you focus on its empty words, not its dirty deeds. Here’s a great parody from FunnyOrDie.com:
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