12-14-07 by dugan Speed-legislating is full of mysteries, and often mischief-making. But the final Senate energy bill came out all right for California and other states in the forefront of clean air and…
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What Was DiFi Thinking?
12-13-07 by dugan The energy bill passed the Senate tonight, composed of not much more than the 35 mpg auto standard and some pork for biofuels. But as far as OilWatchdog can tell, a…
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State Clean Air At Risk, Call Now
12-13-07 by dugan Act today to save California’s and other states’ tough clean air laws! Call Senate Leader Harry Reid, (202) 224-3542 or e-mail him via his online form here. Tell Sen. Reid not…
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Big Bust in Bali
12-121-07 by dugan We can’t be surprised that the White House has vetoed any targets for cooling the "fever of the Earth" (Al Gore’s phrase) at the global climate meeting in Bali, Indonesia. The…
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Oops! Disappearing Greenwash
12-11-07 by dugan Shell and BP are under fire for talking green and doing the opposite. Britain’s Guardian newspaper has the story. "Shell, the oil company that recently trumpeted its commitment to a…
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Child of ‘The Yes Men’ Strikes
12-04-07 by dugan "Hoaxers Target Big Oil." That’s an irresistible headline in OilWatchdog’s plush consumer-financed corporate headquarters. The story in the sober British Guardian newspaper was straight-faced, about a fake promise appearing on…
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Energy Bill or Just MPG Bill?
12-3-07 by dugan It sounded too good to be true, and it was. The announcement Friday night was that Congressional negotiators had come up with a compromise energy bill including moderate new auto fuel…
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Exxon’s Redemptive Moment
11-28-07 by dugan Exxon just announced its development of a Holy Grail for electric cars, a technology to make lithium ion batteries bigger and more powerful without overheating, even bursting into flames. Here’s…
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No Oil Money At Smithsonian
11-19-2007 by simpson The American Petroleum Institute (API), Big Oil’s favorite mouthpiece, has pulled its $5 million offer to sponsor a centerpiece exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution about the oceans as a global treasure ….
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No Room for Denial
11-17-07 by dugan Some disasters seem just too enormous to grasp. Every version of the U.N. climate change report is more dire and more certain about the effects of climate change. The final…
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L.A.’s First Drop of E85
11-15-07 by dugan Listen up, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell, Conoco and BP. A little family-owned gasoline station in West L.A. (location below) called Conservfuel will soon be the first in Los Angeles and second in…
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BP Deal Sells Out UC-Berkeley
NEWS RELEASE November 14, 2007 CONTACT: John M. Simpson, 310-392-0522, x317; or cell: 310-292-1902 UC Deal With Oil Giant Sells Out University’s Values; Insults Regents and Public, Consumer Advocates Say; New Details Emerge Granting BP…
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Big Oil U Adds A Campus
11-8-07 by simpson Oil giant BP and UC Berkeley have yet to sign the contract for the $500 million deal that would create the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) at UC Berkeley, but there was an…