THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE
November 1, 2006 4:53 p.m.
Crude-oil futures ended the day nearly unchanged at just less than $59 a barrel after a volatile trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Here’s Wednesday’s roundup of oil and energy news:
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SKEPTICAL SUPREMES: Several Supreme Court justices reacted skeptically to a Clinton-era clean-air plan that is costing the electric power industry billions of dollars for installation of pollution control equipment at aging coal-fired plants. The government reluctantly joined environmental groups in the fight against Duke Energy over the interpretation of 26-year-old federal rules that the Bush administration has proposed relaxing. The outcome of the case wasn’t clear, however, with the nine-member court appearing to be sharply divided on how to rule.
•Dominion to Divest: Dominion Resources disclosed a plan to divest most of its oil and gas production assets and shift the company’s focus to electricity generation and energy distribution, storage and its retail business.
•Favorable Ruling for Frontier: A Los Angeles court ruled to protect Frontier Oil from lawsuits against it and its Wainoco subsidiary claiming that emissions from oil production facilities located on the Beverly Hills High School campus caused cancer and other health problems in students, employees and area residents. Wainoco will remain a defendant in the suits.
•Halliburton Agrees to SEC Extension: Halliburton has said it will agree to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s request for more time to investigate possible bribery and corruption in connection with the company’s natural gas operations in Nigeria.
•Toxic Spill in China: Water supplies to 28,000 people in northern China have been cut after an overturned truck spilled 33 tons of toxic oil into a river, the latest mishap involving the country’s already polluted waterways.
•Venezuela at Risk: Venezuela may not be prepared to handle falling oil prices, a Citigroup research report warned today, Bloomberg reports.
•’A Compelling Case’: The recent report from the U.K. government arguing for quick action to fight global warming makes ‘a compelling case,’ Martin Wolf argues in the Financial Times (subscription required).
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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