Spike in Crude Oil Price to $88/Barrel Without New Run-Up in Pump Price Exposes Oil Industry Deception, Profiteering; Oil Companies’ Claim That Crude Oil Costs Drive Gasoline Price Makes No Sense With Today’s Barrel Prices…
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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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Chevron’s Burma Burden
A picture that tells all from OilChange International, which is also pushing Chevron to get out of Myanmar/Burma–where petroleum money is supporting the junta’s brutal suppression of democracy activists. OilWatchdog still hasn’t heard back from…
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Students Warn About “UC-BP”
Rally, T-shirts Warn Cal Could Become “UC-BP”; $500 Million BP Deal Near Completion As Big Oil Pumps Money Into Colleges Berkeley, CA — Oil giant BP must not be allowed to use a $500 million…
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Chevron Silent On Human Rights
NEWS RELEASE October 1, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, cell: 213-280-0175 ‘Human Rights’ Not Part of Chevron ‘Human Energy’ Advertising Campaign; Watchdog Group’s Letter Calls on CEO to Dump Myanmar Gas Fields that…
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Chevron’s Ads = Greenwashing
NEWS RELEASE September 28, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, x305, or cell: 213-280-0175 Chevron’s $15 Million Ads, $15 Billion Stock Buyback Are P.R. Greenwashing, Stockholder Appeasement, Says Watchdog Group; Oil Giant Touts Necessity of Oil…
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BP Keeps on Bumbling
09-26-07 by dugan Lots of folks have sent along a Financial Times report that BP’s CEO sees its third-quarter performance as "dreadful." (Here’s a later recap from the Guardian, with updates). BP CEO Tony…
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Issa Challenged On “Hot Fuel” Rip-off
NEWS RELEASE September 18, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, or cell: 213-280-0175, or Jamie Court, ext. 327, or cell: 310-874-9989 Consumer Group Challenges Rep. Darrell Issa On "Hot Fuel" Ripoff of Motorists; Congressman…
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FTC Falls on Its Sword
The guys (yeah, it’s mostly guys) at the Western Weights and Measures Association conference here in Tahoe are serious about their math, but they have a great sense of humor. Lately the joke is on…
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FTC’s Illiterate “Hot Fuel” Science
NEWS RELEASE September 10, 2007 CONTACT: John Siebert, OOIDA, 816 229-5791, or Judy Dugan, FTCR & OilWatchdog.org, 213-280-0175 FTC Slammed For ‘Illiterate Science’ and Political Interference In Its Official Opinion Opposing "Hot Fuel" Fix; Truckers,…
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“Hot Fuel” Rips Off DC Drivers
NEWS RELEASE August 30, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305 or cell, 213-280-0175, or Jamie Court, cell: 310-874-9989 (ISDN connection available, TV interviews via satellite by appointment through Friday) Labor Day Weekend Gives Oil…
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OWD’s “Hot Fuel Rip-off” Stickers
NEWS RELEASE August 28, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 213 280-0175 (cell) OilWatchdog.Org Demands Consumer Voice in Debate Over Fixing "Hot Fuel" Ripoff of Drivers — New Free Stickers Warn of Hot Fuel Rip-off; Regulatory Group…
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BP Got The Message
08-24-07 by simpson Bumbling Petroleum – BP – finally listened to the expressions of outrage about its plans to increase pollution pumped into Lake Michigan after it completes a $3.8 billion refurbishing of its Whiting,…
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Exxon’s Good Supply of Lawyers
08-23-07 by dugan ExxonMobil is quick to raise gasoline prices whenever "supplies are short." But its ability to go slow is phenomenal when it comes to big lawsuits. Exxon’s army of lawyers has spent more…