Sentences with phrase «various large oil companies»

Much of the funds originated from various large oil companies and right - wing foundations.

Not exact matches

And if one goes further back in time, the example of John D. Rockefeller with the various Standard Oil companies would loom large (and now of course, we have reunited two of those companies, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey aka Exxon and Standard Oil Company of New York aka Mobil as Exxon - Mobil, but I digress).

At retirement, I was President of a sizable energy company that included a stable of 23 renewable energy plants, an oil and gas drilling and production subsidiary, a natural gas trading subsidiary and various other diverse operations including such unlikely endeavors as airliner leasing and even a large pistachio farm.

I wouldn't be surprised to find a large percentage of NGO «green» funding coming from oil companies via various annonymous donations.