04-12-07 by Court What is the matter with Dianne Feinstein? First she tries to torpedo House-passed legislation forcing oil companies to pay royalties on their offshore drilling leases. Feinstein called the the Dems’ first-100 day…
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Who’s To Blame For Gas Prices?
04-09-07 by Court The media debate about who is to blame for rising gasoline prices is on. Last week perennial pundit George Will took the oil industry’s line in his syndicated column that gasoline prices…
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Oil Junket Criticism Grows
04-06 by Court Today the San Diego Union Tribune added to the chorus of media criticism about junkets for California politicians flying around the world on the dime of the world’s largest oil companies. The…
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Civil Action Karma
4-6-07 by Court Seven years ago, I flew back to Chicago to issue a report on how big gasoline price spikes were a result of artificial manipulation of the gasoline supply by oil companies. Tim…
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Gov’t’s Windfall From High Gas Prices
4-4-07 by Court My friend Rose Ann Demoro, who heads the California Nurses Association, reminded me of another reason behind California politicians’ deafening silence over sky-rocketing gasoline prices. It’s not just big campaign contributions from…
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Pols’ Spring Break With Execs
4-04-07 by Court The Sacramento Bee’s Shane Goldmacher reminds us again how big oil companies get extra special time with legislators beyond what their campaign contributions buy. Goldmacher writes about a trip to Japan where…
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Faculty Gets Say In BP-Berkeley Deal
4-4-07 by Court The management at UC Berkeley is now allowing faculty critical of the partnership with BP to negotiate the terms. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that: Journalism Professor Bill Drummond, chairman of the…
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Will Tesoro Compete Or Cheat With Shell’s Assets?
The Feds’ final approval of the transfer of Shell’s Los Angeles refinery and 250 gas stations in Southern California creates the possibility that an upstart company with refining and distribution capacity could challenge Chevron and…
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CEO Gets $27 Mill In Stock As Gas Prices Break Records
Chevron CEO David O’Reilly received $27.8 million in stock options this week just as the price of gasoline hit record highs in O’Reilly’s hometown in Northern California, closing in on 4 bucks per gallon at…
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Shame Totem For Exxon
Alaska carver Mike Webber has created a totem to memorialize how ExxonMobil has yet to pay its debt to Alaskans on the 18th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez spill. Webber’s shame totem pole, carved from…
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Retailers Resist ‘Adjusted’ Price
The petroleum marketers, a.k.a wholesalers and chain operators of truck stops and convenience stores, are organizing a new coalition, P.U.M.P. (the Partnership for Uniform Marketing Practices), to stop the rising momentum to mandate automatic temperature…
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Valdez’s Sister Still Afloat
Exxon still has not paid the $2.5 billion in punitive damages it owes 30,000 Alaskans from the Valdez spill. Exxpose Exxon has now uncovered that the world’s richest corporation is hardly showing remorse in its…
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FUEL PRICES A HOT TOPIC
Marketplace Radio Program (American Public Media) March 26, 2007 by Anchor: Kai Ryssdal – Commentator: Jamie Court The following commentary by FTCR President Jamie Court, was broadcast on American Public Media’s Marketplace radio program on…