5-6-10 by dugan (Fort Walton Beach, Florida)–In the northern Gulf of Mexico, along a sparkling coast from Louisana to Florida, everyone is used to hurricanes. You can prepare, and afterward repair, no matter how…
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Dread on the Gulf Coast
Archive | Misdeeds
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The Price of Cheap Coal
04-7-10 by dugan It’s not just mountaintops blown to smithereens and drinking water polluted. Cheap coal’s price is also the the 25 miners known dead, plus four more feared dead, in Monday’s West Virginia…
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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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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…
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Who’s killing the U.S. dollar?
08-28-09 by dugan Did you hear the one about how the Bush administration used the wrong calculations last year when it declared that it wasn’t financial speculation causing the huge oil spike price? It’s…
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Economic recovery vs. oil
08-22-09 by dugan If a few slightly cheerful sentences from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke can spike the price of oil to a record for the year, the economy is in serious trouble. There’s no…
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Exxon: Dead birds’ big message
08-14-08 by dugan It doesn’t sound like a lot–Exxon pleads guilty in federal court to killing 85 birds over 5 years, pays $600,000 in fines and fees. It’s a drop in the bucket for…
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Oil Price Spikes As Oil Profits Skid
Oil Price Spike, As Exxon And Others’ Profit Skids, Shows Potential For New Economy-Killing Energy Roller Coaster, Says Consumer Watchdog Profit Reports Offer More Proof That Oil Prices Are Disconnected From Actual Petroleum CONTACT: Judy…
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Big about-face on speculation
7-28-09 by dugan Last fall, the Bush administration said all that business with oil hitting $147 a barrel and gasoline at over $4.00 a gallon was just supply and demand at work. Today–big oops!…