By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Oil and gas producer ConocoPhillips on Friday said it would support a UN climate change agreement if it met its own policy principles, including creating a “level playing among energy sources and between countries.” The comments by the Houston-based company were a clarification of its position on the proposed UN agreement after it earlier in the week answered ‘yes’ to a question in a
[Marketwired] – Central GoldTrust today responded to the press release issued by Sprott Asset Management LP and Sprott Physical Gold Trust on September 3, 2015, in which Sprott continues to make misleading statements …
Today the man who has become legendary for his predictions on QE, historic moves in currencies, and major global events warned King World News that the terrifying “dark years” are now here and people need to protect themselves from what is coming.
Ecuadoran villagers can seek to enforce in Canada a multi-billion-dollar Ecuadoran judgment against US oil giant Chevron on pollution in the Amazon rainforest, the country’s top court said Friday. Chevron’s Canadian subsidiary dismissed the ruling, calling the Ecuadoran judgment fraudulent and unenforceable. In Canada and in parallel legal fights in the United States and Brazil, the indigenous people of Ecuador’s Lago Agrio region have sought to collect compensation for the
TORONTO (AP) — The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an attempt by oil giant Chevron to block Ecuadorian villagers from using an Ontario court to collect billions in damages over rainforest pollution.
Canada’s top court ruled on Friday that a group of Ecuadorean villagers could pursue a multi-billion pollution lawsuit against Chevron Corp in the Canadian province of Ontario. Chevron is contesting a ruling by Ecuador’s highest court that said the oil giant had to pay $9.5 billion to clean up contamination at a site it once owned. The villagers are now going after Chevron’s assets in Canada, Brazil and Argentina.
The national average price of gas is currently $2.44 per gallon, 99 cents less than this time last year, according to AAA. AAA estimates that 35.5 million people are planning to travel this weekend, a 1 percent increase from last year. Gasoline prices are moving lower thanks to the falling price of crude oil.
[PR Newswire] – VANCOUVER, Sept. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ – GOLDCORP INC. (TSX: G, NYSE: GG) is pleased to declare its ninth monthly dividend payment for 2015 of $0.02 per share. Pursuant to tax legislation enacted in 2007, Canadian resident individuals who receive “eligible dividends” in 2006 and subsequent years will be entitled to an enhanced gross-up and dividend tax credit on such dividends. All dividends paid in 2006 and subsequent
