It’s a cheap shot, but I’m never above making the oil lobby look phony and stupid. Thanks to TPM for posting a photo from an American Petroleum Institute pamphlet that appears to show a (slightly)…
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Sen. Byrd whacks Big Coal
12-8-09 by dugan On the other fossil fuel front, Sen. Robert Byrd, the coal industry’s best ally in Washington for decades, is standing up against its current scare campaign in West Virginia, and its demand…
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Hapless state gets it on climate
11-24-09 by dugan California doesn’t have many bright spots lately, what with a new $21 billion hole in its budget, more than 12% unemployment and a hapless state Legislature. But its prospects looked up…
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This ‘carbon trading’ thingie
11-04-09 by dugan Carbon trading. Oh, yawn. Too weird and complicated. MEGO. Leave me alone. But wait a minute: A new website, Carbon Watch, could change your mind about keeping up with cap and…
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Oil profits shouldn’t ‘recover’
10-30-09 by dugan Why is it that media reports on oil company profits only compare them to the previous quarter and the previous year? This week’s third-quarter profit reports for Exxon, Shell, Chevron and…
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Good-news rumor on CA refinery
10-21-08 by dugan With oil prices going through the roof again (near $82 a barrel today), the economy is deeply at risk. But oil refineries are looking like better investments, because gasoline prices will…
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Exxon: Litigate ’til Hell freezes
10-19-09 by dugan It’s good news that ExxonMobil lost a big court case today in New York, where a judge ordered it to pay $105 million for contamination of drinking water with a now-banned…
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A Yogi Berra moment in oil prices
10-16-09 by dugan Oil prices hit another record for the year today, at over $78 dollars for each 42-gallon barrel in futures markets. That’s well over double the late 2008 low of 32 dollars…
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Why CA Pays More For Gas
Why Californians Are Paying Even More For Gas By David R. Baker, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE September 24, 2009 Californians usually pay more for gasoline than do other Americans. But not this much more. A…
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Cracks in the Armor of Denial
09-23-09 by dugan Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s departure from the national Chamber of Commerce is a strong message, one that more middle-of-the-road corporations ought to hear. The Chamber, claiming to represent all of…
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One less den of sex ‘n drugs
09-16-09 by dugan It’s hard to even keep track of the sex scandals–was that a governor or a senator? Which state? But one of the best of last year was in the even more…
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Goldman Sachs’ oil-rig loophole
09-10-09 by dugan Who knew that investment giant Goldman Sachs was in the oil business? I’m picturing top execs earning their tens-of-millions bonuses in hard hats and oil-streaked yellow overalls. The news is part…
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Did Chevron run a sting?
09-03-09 by dugan Maybe it’s just my cynical nature, but Chevron’s "smoking gun" video alleging corruption in Ecuador has its fishy points. Chevron has gotten some media on a charge that a video it…