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Some U.S. government employees are in really hot water, and not the jacuzzi-shaped kind they’d like it to be. According to three reports delivered to Congress today, a $5.3 million investigation uncovered “a culture of ethical failure” amongst the Interior Department. The department’s inspector general - Earl E. Devaney - found that over a dozen current and former employees had engaged in such transgressions.

Summaries and links to several of the more interesting ecologically-related stories to come out of South American countries in the past month.

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From environmental crimes to human rights abuses, oil is a dirty industry in every possible way. But some companies are better than others, so who should you get your fuel from?

Chevron is partnering up with the South San Franciscan company Solazyme to accelerate its research into algae derived biofuels. Solazyme has already developed a process to extract oil from algae that can then be turned into biodiesel. This agreement is on the heels of Chevron's October deal with the Department of Energy's Renewable Energy Laboratory to develop jet fuel and other transportation fuels from algae.

Donald Paul, VP and Chief Technology Officer, Chevron Corp., speaks at Dow Jones VentureWire Alternative Energy Conference October 2007.

Donald Paul, VP and Chief Technology Officer, Chevron Corp., speaks at Dow Jones VentureWire Alternative Energy Conference October 2007.