NEWS RELEASE – Contact: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, x 305 (cell: 213 280-0175), or Jamie Court, x 327 Californians Say Aloha (in the Bye-Bye Sense) to Their Savings — State Gasoline Price Tops Hawaii California’s Record…
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Record Prices Hammer Economy
NEWS RELEASE March 10, 2008 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, or Jamie Court, ext. 327 Daily Record Prices for Oil, Gasoline Hammer Consumers and U.S. Economy Group Calls for Swift Action to Curb, Regulate…
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Fuel Issue Sizzles in DC, CA
3-06-08 by dugan $4.00 gasoline isn’t a prediction any more, despite the fact that President Bush hadn’t heard a word about it. There are California stations charging up to $3.99 for regular and nearly…
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More for Oil, Nada for Stimulus
02-29-08 by dugan The headline of this column in U.S. News, by Marianne Lavelle, says it all: "Signing Your Economic Stimulus to the Saudis." Or not quite all. She could have added …"and…
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Inuits vs. Exxon: Might Work
2-28-08 by dugan It’s a Hail-Mary pass, but the Alaskan Inuit lawsuit against the oil industry on global warming just might work. It may come down to how the judge views the definition of…
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BP’s Profits Exception
NEWS RELEASE February 5, 2008 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, cell: 213-280-0175; Jamie Court, 310-392-0522, ext. 327 or cell : 310-874-9989; or Tim Hamilton, 360-495-4941 BP, ‘Bumbling Petroleum,’ Is Exception to Profit Boom; Group Warns Against Cutting…
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Chevron & Exxon’s Record Profits
NEWS RELEASE February 1, 2008 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, (310) 392-0522, ext. 305, cell: 213 280-0175; or Jamie Court, ext. 327, cell: 310 874-9989; or Tim Hamilton, (360) 495-4941 Chevron, Exxon Record Profits Reaped At Cost…
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Another Big Oil U Warning Issued
1-21-08 by simpson The prestigious Center for Science in the Public Interest has joined us in warning of the dangers Big Oil money poses to university research. In a report issued today CSPI says…
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Take Us To Your Leader
1-1-08 by dugan Starting the year on the lighter side, an angry Alaskan sees oil companies as reptilian aliens who’ve just dropped their human masks and declared their true foul intentions for Earth. Anchorage Daily…
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Calling Big Oil’s Tax Bluff
12-14-07 by dugan If legislation were poker, this column in the Washington Post would have Big Oil and its corporate allies chucking their hands. It’s too bad that Post business columnist Steven Pearlstein…
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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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BP Pleads Guilty
11-29-07 by simpson BP pleaded guilty today to failing to prevent a huge spill in America’s largest oil field on Alaska’s North Slope. Bumbling Petroleum has agreed to a fine of $20 million for one…