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WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI) today announced the addition of its newest member company, Koch Industries, a U.S.-based leading global corporation with companies that supply communities with energy to heat and cool buildings, fibers for carpets and garments, chemicals used in manufacturing, process and pollution control equipment, forest and consumer products, fertilizer and more. "We are pleased to welcome...
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Presidential candidate Mitt Romney may find it easy to mock President Obama about climate change, but Filmmaker Craig Rosebraugh along with executive producer Daryl Hannah reveal how the subject is nothing to joke about. The searing, award-winning documentary, "Greedy Lying Bastards" relentlessly uncovers a trail of environmental destruction, illness and death. With wildfires in the west and "brown-outs" in the east, climate change is...
WICHITA, Kan., May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A news item released yesterday quotes oil and natural gas investor T. Boone Pickens saying, "The biggest deterrent to an energy plan in America is Koch Industries." His reasoning? That we support market prices for natural gas. Mr. Pickens has stated that he is standing up for the American people by lobbying Congress for the passage of the NAT GAS Act. However, as The Atlantic reported, the NAT GAS Act is a scheme to get tax breaks from the...
Dr. Mark Rizzone has been awarded the Electrocoat Association’s prestigious George E. F. Brewer Award. Dr. Rizzone is Business Manager in Koch Membrane Systems’ Industrial & Life Sciences Group. Wilmington, Mass. (PRWEB) April 23, 2012 The Brewer Award is presented to individuals who have dedicated their career to advancing electrocoat technology. Three awards are generally given in the areas of Technology, Application and Promotion. Dr. Rizzone received the award for Market...
SUGAR LAND, Texas, Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CVR Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CVI) announced today that Kim Oliver has been appointed vice president, Human Resources. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20071203/CVRLOGO) Oliver had been director of human resources since December 2010 and is responsible for all human resources activities at both CVR Energy and at CVR Partners, LP, a master limited partnership for which CVR Energy serves as general partner and is a majority unit...
Herman Cain's "Brother from Another Mother" LOS ANGELES, Nov. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- News analysts agree that the ongoing sexual harassment allegations against Herman Cain do not bode well for his political campaign. Cain has been dodging questions about these allegations while bragging of his alliance with the Americans for Prosperity, referring to the group's patrons, conservative billionaires David and Charles Koch as his "brother from another mother." The documentary...
Call the award contrary to the "history and spirit of philanthropic giving" in the U.S. WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two groups active in philanthropy and government accountability today criticized a trade organization for giving billionaire Charles G. Koch of Koch Industries an award for his charitable giving, noting that most of it is tainted because it supports Koch's political and business agenda. Aaron Dorfman, executive director of the National Committee for...
WICHITA, Kan., Oct. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Koch Industries voluntarily decided several years ago to stop sales to Iran, which is the policy Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.) wants all U.S. companies to adopt. Our policy goes beyond what is required under U.S. law, which we urge Sen. Tester, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee to notice. Sen. Tester, while singling out Koch Industries as an example of a U.S. company that had done...
ATLANTA, May 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia-Pacific Chemicals will expand capabilities at its Lufkin, Texas, facility to increase production of resins used to coat proppants for oil and gas extraction. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20030425/PAPLOGO ) "This expansion will help us capitalize on an exciting growth opportunity in the energy field," says Michael R. Roberts, vice president, GP Chemicals. "It allows GP Chemicals to better serve our customers in this segment and to...
GOLDEN, Colo., April 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Atna Resources Ltd. ("Atna") - (TSX:ATN OTCBB: ATNAF), is pleased to announce that Mr. Paul H. Zink has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Mr. Zink is currently President of Eurasian Capital, the royalty and merchant banking division of Eurasian Minerals Inc. and formerly served as President and Director of International Royalty Corporation ("IRC"). "Mr. Zink brings to the Board of Atna a strong background as a mining...
