The Kansas City Star reports that Americans may well have a way out of the $2.3 billion they overpay at the pump each year because of the "hot fuel" scam. In a nut shell, when…
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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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Environment, Rights Not a Priority
Chevron’s Board of Directors has urged shareholders to reject proposals at its April 25th board meeting that require the company to report on human rights violations, comply with greenhouse gas emission standards and separate the…
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Delaying is Better Than Paying
Californians still suffering from groundwater and well pollution by the now-banned gasoline additive MTBE should take note that Chevron has adamantly refused to settle a multibillion-dollar Ecuadoran lawsuit over widespread water and ground pollution. The…
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Exxon in Sheeps’ Clothing
In full-page ads Feb. 17 in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, ExxonMobil rewrites history, omits any pledges of actual change and blurs Exxon’s long opposition to action on global warming. The ad…
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Shell’s Refined Wisdom
Shell sold off another California refinery. This time its Wilmington plant to Tesoro Corp, making the San Antonio based refiner a major player in the West, particularly given its acquisition of 390 Shell and USA…
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California Screaming, BP Dreamin’
West Coast motorists are paying 46 cents per gallon more for their gasoline for no apparent reason. Crude prices are less than same time last year. A Texas refinery is down, but California doesn’t its…
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Big Yellow Pile in Kazhakhstan
Chevron’s corporate PR regarding its giant refinery in Richmond, CA, states that “protecting people and the environment is not just lip service, it’s our policy.” As much as locals who were around for the big…
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Big Oil’s Gouge-Fest Returns to California
The daily AAA fuel gauge report on Feb. 26 shows that California’s average pump price for regular has spiked to nearly $2.81 per gallon, almost 46 cents above the national average of $2.34. Utah and…
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California’s Call to Arms: Gasoline Spikes 45 Cents a Gallon Higher Than U.S. Average
NEWS RELEASE:February 26, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522 ext. 305, cell 213-280-0175, Jamie Court, ext. 327, or cell 310-874-9989, Tim Hamilton, 360-495-4941 It is ‘political malpractice’ if congress, state fail to act, say consumer advocates…
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Rare Sighting: Chevron Caught Lying
State of Hawaii declares that Chevron misled, obstructed and omitted in pricing investigation.
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California Gasoline Sharply Up As Oil Prices Stagnate
NEWS RELEASE:February 20, 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 Group sees oil companies setting up state’s motorists for another summer price…
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Exxon in Sheeps’ Clothing;
NEWS RELEASE:February 16, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522 ext. 305, or cell: 213-280-0175 Oil giant lies, evades in full-page ads across the country, group says Santa Monica, CA — In full-page ads today in the…
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Just Good Friends?
Bush Administration regulators are so tight with lobbyists from the companies they’re supposed to oversee that they buy $1 million vacation homes with them. Only nine months before approving a deal to let ConocoPhillips delay…