11-20-08 by dugan Henry Waxman’s close victory today over Rep. John Dingell to chair the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee should mean better days for a U.S. energy policy focused on independence from fossil…
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Why’s gas so cheap? Or is it?
11-20-08 by dugan I’ve been asked a lot lately about why "gasoline is so cheap." Yet the question itself is a result of short memories. Gasoline is certainly a ton cheaper than in July,…
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What Exxon owes us ‘sissies’
11-17-08 by dugan Sitting inside the wreckage of the rest of the U.S. economy, Exxon Corp. beams with fiscal health. It is protected by its insular, petroleum-only culture, as described in a long NY Times…
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CEOs’ sudden love for Dingell
11-11-08 by dugan A big catfight among two top liberals in the House of Representatives? Sheesh, can’t they get along for a few months while the president-elect gets a grip? It’s not like most people…
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Voters saw through Pickens
11-6-08 by dugan California was the tip on Boone Pickens’ spear. His Proposition 10, demanding taxpayer billions to finance a new market in natural gas fuels (Pickens’ chief business). It was obviously a first shot…
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Arnold’s oil tax epiphany?
11-6-08 by dugan I’ve been out of town for several days, and the news today makes me wonder if the governor of California had a near-religious epiphany while I was gone. Arnold Schwarzenegger just embraced…
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Chevron Doubles Profit
Chevron’s Doubled Profit Caps Oil Industry’s ‘Vampire Attack on Economy’ Current Oil Price Breather Is Right Time for Action to Prevent Next Speculative Bubble, Says Group October 31, 2008 Santa Monica, CA — The…
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Exxon, Shell Post Record Profits
Exxon, Shell Profit Records Cap an Orgy That Weakened U.S., World Economies, Says Group ‘Consumers Now Know Where Their Money Went’; Congress, White House Must Prevent a Repeat of Costly Energy Bubble CONTACT: Judy Dugan,…
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Greenwash extraordinaire
10-26-08 by dugan Chevron tries harder. Nope, not to cut fuel prices or compete to be first in renewable energy. For Chevron it’s all about hearts and minds, as another full-page color ad in the…
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Chevron’s emit-for-free strategy
10-23-08 by dugan Australia has a lot in common with the United States. It’s a nation of immigrants with a cowboy-style history and a strong love of individual rights. Aussies do put shrimp instead of…
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Fun with Pickens’ pocket-picking
10-23-08 by dugan We Californians have had about all we can take of slogging through a dozen ballot initiatives on the Nov. 4 ballot, most of them from narrow special interests. Those special interests include…
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Clap to save green energy
8-22-08 by dugan OK, oil is a fraction of the price it was in July, and gasoline is finally below $3.00 a gallon. Natural gas is also about 50% below its top price this summer….
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Pickens’ Fickle Promises
10-20-08 by dugan Here’s something for Californians to consider when judging the promises made by T. Boone Pickens abouit his personal ballot initiative, Proposition 10. The $5 billion bond initiative would take taxpayer…