9-24-07 by Court Turns out that ambitious reform plan Speaker Nunez promoted for the cameras this summer has fizzled. Surprise, surpise. The only legislation on Governor Schwarzenegger’s desk at the end of session are…
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Insider’s Theory On FTC/Issa Ghost Writing
9-11-07 by Court Our source in the industry, Insider, offers these observations about how the oil industry has historically stolen Congress’s and the FTC’s masthead: As Oilwatchdog.org demands that Rep. Darrell Issa of…
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After Live Earth
7-08-07 by Court The global concerts on 7-7-07 designed to raise consciousness about global climate change already have their own extensive Wikipedia entry and the question is what’s next? In the last twelve…
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Arnold Exposed
7-7-07 by Court Here’s my colleague Carmen Balber’s blow-by-blow account of today’s legislative hearing about Arnold Schwarzenegger’s role in slowing down his greenhouse gas regulators. The most juicy tidbit is the former executive director…
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The Hot Fuel Ripoff
It’s simple physics. When the temperature of gasoline rises above 60 degrees, gasoline expands. The amount of energy the gallon delivers shrinks by volume. Since our gas pumps don’t account for the bigger volume, motorists…
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Audit The Pollutenator
7-2-07 by Court The independent state auditor should investigate the reason for the dismissal of Air Resource Board Chairman Bob Sawyer after the resignation of Board executive director Cartherine Witherspoon today. The public…
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“Independence” Behind Firing
6-29-07 by Court The other shoe over Arnold Schwarzenegger’s firing of the Air Resources Board Chief Bob Sawyer dropped in the LA Times today. Sawyer says the entire issue is political independence and his…
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NY Judge KOs Chevron
6-28-07 by Court Chevron failed to convince a US District Court judge in New York that the case against the company for contaminating the Amazon should be sujbect to arbitration and removed from Ecuador’s justice…
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Senate Energy Bill Redux
6-20-07 by Court What a difference a year makes. Last year oil companies were denying they had a hand in global warming and the big US Senate debate was whether to open up the…
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The Nuns Vs. Exxon
Bloomberg has the pre-fight preview of the battle at today’s Exxon shareholder meeting between the $1 trillion in investor capital led by the Sisters of St Dominic and an Exxon board that does not want…
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Snake Oil For Foreign Oil
5-29-07 by Court The New York Times outs the coal industry’s latest scheme to turn high gasoline prices into a giant subsidy for coal-to-liquid fuel. The industry argues our energy should be coming from Middle…
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Investor Revolt
5-26-07 by Court A group of powerful Exxon investors are leading a campaign to stop the reappointment of Public Issue Committee Chair Michael Boskin to the Exxon Board of Directors. Their complaint is that…
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The Ethanol Excuse
The New York Times reports that oil companies are using the political push to increase ethanol production as an excuse not to increase their refinery production The nation’s fuel supplies are so low that we…