NEWS RELEASE August 23, 2007 CONTACT: Jamie Court, (310) 392-0522 ext. 327, or Judy Dugan, ext. 305 Assembly Speaker’s Promised Action to Curb Gasoline Price Spikes Fails as Chevron Money Flows, Says Letter; Group Asks…
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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 ‘Didn’t Just Dial 911’
08-16-07 by dugan Chevron’s chief tactic against foreign environmental and human rights lawsuits is scorched-earth denial, but it lately it hasn’t been working. A federal judge in San Francisco ruled Tuesday that Nigerian…
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Will Dynes’ Legacy = UCBP?
NEWS RELEASE: August 13, 2007 CONTACT: John M. Simpson, (310) 392-0522, ext. 317, or (310) 292-1902, cell Consumer Advocates Warn Dynes Legacy Must Not Be Commercialization of UC System Santa Monica, CA — Robert C….
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Exxon’s “Hot Fuel” Ripoff Labels
NEWS RELEASE August 9, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, (310) 392-0522, ext. 305, or cell 213 280-0175, or Jamie Court, ext. 327 ExxonMobil’s Pump Labels Are Clue to "Hot Fuel" Ripoff; New Stickers Are No Substitute…
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Senator Introduces “Hot Fuel” Bill
NEWS RELEASE August 3, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 213-280-0175 (cell), or Jamie Court, 310-392-0522, ext. 327 Congress Takes Reins on "Hot Fuel" Ripoff of Motorists; Bill By Sen. McCaskill Requires Honest Compensation for Gasoline Energy…
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Invest Wisely, Don’t Pollute
08-01-07 by simpson BP – Bumbling Petroleum – is deservedly under fire for plans to dump more toxic ammonia and mercury into Lake Michigan and spew more pollutants into the air as part of a…
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Chevron Record Refinery Profit
NEWS RELEASE July 27, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, or cell: 213-280-0175, or John Simpson, ext. 317 Chevron Record Profit Driven by Refining Profits Up 41% in US, 30% Overall, On Record Gasoline…
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Exxon’s Record Refining Profits
NEWS RELEASE July 26, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, cell: 213-280-0175, or John Simpson, ext. 317 Record Pump Prices Give Exxon Record Refining Profits, More than $10 Billion Total Earnings; Group Calls for…
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BP’s Refining Shores Up Profit
NEWS RELEASE July 24, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, or cell: 213-280-0175 BP’s 2nd Quarter Refining Windfall Shores Up Lower Profit Elsewhere; Rest of Big Oil Will Show Same Pattern Of More Money…
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Oil Refining: Slow-Motion Enron
07-23-07 by dugan When is the oil industry most like Enron? When it’s draining supplies of gasoline instead of building them, guaranteeing record pump prices that empty your wallet into their profits. That’s…
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Study: Refinery Cuts = Price Spikes
NEWS RELEASE July 23, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522 ext. 305, or Doug Heller, ext. 309, or Tim Hamilton, 360-495-4941 "The Katrina Syndrome": Study Finds Oil Refiners’ Inventory Cuts Generated 2007 Price Spikes; Investigation, Oversight…
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Exxon Admits “Hot Fuel” Ripoff
NEWS RELEASE July 17, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, or cell: 213-280-0175 ExxonMobil Pump Decals Will Admit "Hot Fuel" Ripoff to Consumers; Group Demands the Next Step: Fix the Problem Santa Monica, CA…
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Sting Of Toxic Tones
If you watched the primetime broadcast of the Live Earth concerts last Saturday night, you may have caught the segment where Sting and his wife Trudie Styler told the 2 billion plus in the world-wide…