NEWS RELEASE April 24, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, (310) 392-0522 ext. 305, cell: (213) 280-0175, or Jamie Court, ext. 327 ‘Bumbling Petroleum’ (BP) Manages to Halt Record Profit Runs; Losses Elsewhere Offset by High Gasoline…
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Don’t Turn Berkeley Into “UCBP”
NEWS RELEASE: April 19, 2007 CONTACT: John M. Simpson, (310)-392-0522, ext. 317, or cell: (310)-292-1902, or Jamie Court, (310)-392-0522, ext. 327 Don’t Let Big Oil Turn Cal Berkeley Into "UCBP," Consumers and Professor Warn Berkeley,…
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Will Arnold Take On Chevron?
4-18-07 by Court The lawyer from Ecuador who is prosecuting Chevron for its crimes against the Amazon has written Arnold Schwarzenegger, asking the Gov to get tough with Chevron, which has kicked in more than…
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Iraq’s “Invisible” Oil
04-17-07 by dugan Reader "JB" passes along this piece from CorpWatch, on "invisible" oil passing through Iraqi ports, that amplifies on my earlier post about Iraqi oil contracts. Endemic corruption is alive and well in…
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Berkeley Deal w/BP Not “Open”;
NEWS RELEASE: April 12, 2007 CONTACT: John M. Simpson, (310) 392-0522, ext. 317, or cell: (310) 292-1902 Berkeley Chancellor Mischaracterized Dealings With BP As "Open"; Key proposal documents were withheld from public view until revealed…
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Whose Is Biggest?
04/11/07 by dugan It’s a strange world when yearly CEO pay of $18.4 million looks humble. That’s what Exxon reports paying CEO Rex Tillerson in a filing today. Compared to the $460 million awarded to…
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Congress: CA Gas Supply Plan?
NEWS RELEASE: April 10, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522 ext. 305, cell: 213-280-0175, or Jamie Court, ext. 327, cell: 310-874-9989 Congress Presses Refiners on California’s Gasoline Price Spike, Supply Restrictions; Rep. Kucinich Requests Oil Companies’…
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Top Analyst: West Coast Is Toast
NEWS RELEASE: April 9, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522 ext. 305, cell: 213 280-0175, or Jamie Court, ext. 327, cell: 310-874-9989 Low Supply Makes the West a "Compromised Market for the Rest of This Decade,"…
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Who’s To Blame For Gas Prices?
04-09-07 by Court The media debate about who is to blame for rising gasoline prices is on. Last week perennial pundit George Will took the oil industry’s line in his syndicated column that gasoline prices…
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I could fill up 10 million times with Oxy CEO’s salary
It was the mathematical symmetry of the number that got to me. It costs me about $46 to fill up my Honda at a California gas station these days ($3.28 for unleaded according to AAA). …
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Climate Change Deniers, Take This!
Goodbye, Colorado River, and Goodbye, Bangladesh Lowlands. The LA Times today predicts long-term drought in the Colorado River Basin, and the UN releases its "Policy Summary" with more grisly details on its 2007 climate change…
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Chevron’s ‘Jungle Law’
William Langewiesche, the lyricist of disaster, has the cover story of the May Vanity Fair with "Jungle Law," on Chevron’s trial in Ecuador. It’s a $6 billion tale of blood, oil and the persistence of Ecuadorean…
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Civil Action Karma
4-6-07 by Court Seven years ago, I flew back to Chicago to issue a report on how big gasoline price spikes were a result of artificial manipulation of the gasoline supply by oil companies. Tim…