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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Archive | Misdeeds
RSS feed for this sectionDocumenting industry actions that demonstrate immorality, greed, or disregard for others.
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Big Oil’s Big Bribes?
01-31-08 by dugan I absolutely can’t vouch for the truth of this story, but it’s no wonder that people would believe it. A Bahraini publication claims that oil companies are offering Iraqi legislators $5…
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Shell Posts Record Annual Profit
NEWS RELEASE January 31, 2008 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, cell: 213-280-0175; or Jamie Court, ext. 327, cell: 310 874-9989 Shell’s Record Profit Is a Thumb In the Eye of Recession-Wracked Nation, Says Group;…
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Wacky Weights ‘n Measures
1-28-08 by dugan A t-shirt widely sold in Albuquerque, N.M., where the National Conference on Weights and Measures is meeting, says: "Keep the Quirky in ‘Querque." Today was "Quirky" and far, far more at…
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Chevron’s 138% Rate Increase
1-08-2008 by simpson If you’re bothered by soaring gasoline prices here’s an increase that’s even more appalling. A water company owned by Chevron is seeking a 138% water rate increase that 200 residents of rural…
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Congress Must Act On Energy Prices
NEWS RELEASE January 7, 2008 CONTACT: Judy Dugan (310) 392-0522 ext. 305, or Jamie Court, ext. 327 Congress Must Act to Question, Curb Energy Prices as Gasoline Rises Again, Says Group; Pump Price up a…
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Exxon’s Terrorism Card
12-30-07 by dugan The story sounds familiar: Rural villagers in an unsettled part of the world accuse a big U.S. oil company of supporting and abetting the atrocities of government soldiers. It could be…
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Grab the Greenwash, Then Run
12-21-07 by dugan My earlier doubts about Chevron’s ballyhooed investment in a Galveston biodiesel plant were too mild. After garnering a bunch of admiring news stories, including in the New York Times, Chevron is…
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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…
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Heat Or Food This Winter?
No one should have to freeze in order to afford groceries this winter. The Energy Department estimates that it will cost the average Americans a record $977 just for the fuel to heat their homes…
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More Chevron Downside
11-28-07 by dugan Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez’s campaign to win Latin American hearts and minds has developed a new twist that should set hearts aflutter (not in a good way) at Chevron’s investor…
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Good-bye To a Quixote
11-19-07 by dugan Monterey, Calif., gas station owner Mehdi Shahbazi died last week at 65 after a 90-day hunger strike against Shell Oil. He’d been fighting the company for years over the company’s actions…
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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…