4-5-07 by Court In response to our recent report about California gouging, oil industry flack Tupper Hull served up his usual excuses, but added this one to the list: our consumer group has "a…
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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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Let This Be A Lesson
By Simpson 05-04-07 Lord John Browne, widely perceived as a business titan, crashed and burned this week resigning as BP chief executive amidst messy, tabloid headlines exposing his gay lifestyle. But as Businessweek columnist Jeffrey…
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Hawaii Takes Action, Sees Result
05-04-07 by dugan Hawaii’s politicians are acting to take some control over gasoline prices. Why can’t California’s lawmakers do it? Hawaii’s gasoline price averages just under $3.25 today, says the AAA fuel gauge website….
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CA Penalty = $7-$15 Per Fill-Up
NEWS RELEASE: May 3, 2007 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 "California Penalty" Reaches $7 to $15 Per Fill-Up, Report Shows; Oil…
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Attack Of The Chevron Attorneys
5-2-07 by Court Chevron’s attorneys are at it again, this time breathing down the necks of editors at the San Francisco Chronicle over my oped last week, "Is Chevron Going Green?" I got the call…
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Chicken Biodiesel May Not Fly
By Simpson05-01-07 ConocoPhillips and Tyson Foods announced a green sounding deal to make biodiesel fuel from leftover chicken parts, but Congressional Democrats are skeptical of a tax break the plan rests upon. According to the…
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BP Chief Quits; Admits Lies
By Simpson5-01-07 Lord John Browne, the once high-flying executive who seemingly could do no wrong, resigned abruptly after admitting he lied to a court about how he had met his former gay companion. Browne had…
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Big Oil “Shortage” Drives Record Pump Prices
NEWS RELEASE: April 30, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, or cell: 213-280-0175 Oil Companies Created "Shortage" That Is Driving Record Pump Prices, Says Group; Last Year’s Record Is Shattered at $3.40 for Regular…
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It’s ALL about oil
04-27-07 by Simpson ExxonMobil is an oil company and Chief Executive Rex Tillerson sees no reason to broaden his horizon to include investing in alternate energy. "I don’t have a lot of technology to add…
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Exxon Profiteering = Record 1st Qtr Profit
NEWS RELEASE: April 26, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, (310) 392-0522 ext. 305, or cell: 213 280-0175, or Jamie Court, ext. 327 ExxonMobil’s Profiteering At Refineries Brings 1st Qtr Record Even As Revenues Fall; Regulators, Lawmakers…
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Exxon Taints Stanford Research
NEWS RELEASE April 26, 2007 CONTACT: John M. Simpson, (310) 392-0522 ext. 317 or cell: (310) 292-1902, or Jamie Court, (310) 392-0522, ext. 327 Credibility of New Stanford University Energy Research Tainted by ExxonMobil Ties…
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Chevron v. Amazon & Environment
4-25-07 by Court Chevron shareholders meeting today in San Ramon will hear from Amazon villagers about the company’s failure to settle up for the worst oil related disaster in the world. Subsidiary Texaco dumped…
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Shell-raiser Gets Goldman Prize
4-24-07 by Court Irish farmer William Corduff is in California to claim his Goldman prize. Corduff stopped Shell Oil from building a high pressure pipeline to connect proposed off-shore gas production with a refinery six…