Chevron and French energy giant Total have been implicated in claims that hired soldiers in Burma murdered civilians and forced them into hard labor to keep gas exports flowing:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100706/wl_time/08599200196200

This type of report typifies what Thoughtocracy has predicted: that as oil supplies are depleted, the violence to control them will increase.

Colorado is trying to do away with what little regulations it has on its oil and gas drilling. The state is a key player in this movement because it has one of the largest oil and gas reserves in the United States, and the public should fear the pollution of the nation’s water supply when dangerous practices are not regulated (as detailed in the HBO documentary, Gasland).

A new deregulatory push in the energy heartland (Salon, Friday, JUL 2, 2010).