Consumer Watchdog’s Jamie Court discusses why the spike in gas prices – especially in California – has nothing to do with civil unrest, and everything to do with profiteering.
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On KFMB-TV Channel 8 in San Diego, CA, Judy Dugan from Consumer Watchdog says rising gas prices are a form of highway robbery.
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Walk the walk on speculation
Gary Gensler made news today by repeating some earlier pledges to get speculative oil markets under control. He has to act soon. If oil prices can hit $70 a barrel in this economy, they’ll shoot back up to $140 a barrel, with $4-a-gallon gasoline, at the slightest encouragement.
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Truth in greenwashing
What If Chevron Ran An Honest Ad Campaign? Instead of just making fun of Chevron’s fake environmentalism, what if someone made them tell the truth? Jeff Grubler of InsaneReagan actually did it, producing…
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Clean fun with coal
Opponents of coal got a big buzz the past week by releasing a YouTube video, "Clean Coal Air Freshener," produced by filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen. It’s good as the sparkling family chokes, and the…
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Petroleum’s Happy Holiday
12-24-08 by dugan The White House giveaways have been so fast and furious that they’re hard to track. But here are a couple of recent tales that round up the oil industry loot in this…
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First, Undo the Harm*
Sometimes good news mostly illumines the bad news that went before. Take president-elect Obama’s appointment of a four-person "energy and environment" team, including Energy Secretary-designee Steven Chu, Interior Secretary-designee Ken Salazar and a "climate czar,"…
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Ben Stein Gets Money for This?
Ben Stein’s popular fame comes from Comedy Central’s "Win Ben Stein’s Money." Or his TV ads pitching Alaskan fish. But the New York Times still takes him to be a serious economist. Stein’s Op-Ed today…
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They Don’t Take Every Dollar
10-29-07 I got a letter today and discovered Chevron actually doesn’t keep every consumer dollar that it could. I got a buck back from the oil giant. You’ll remember I dropped by Town Hall Los…
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Delivering the Golden Nozzle
10-25-07 by simpson Chevron CEO Dave O’Reilly came to Los Angeles to make a speech. We figured it was a great opportunity to remind him what the company’s soaring gasoline prices do to consumers. I…
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Will Gas Hit $4.00 Gallon?
NBC’s Today’s Show takes on high gasoline prices in the US and California. Oilwatchdog’s Judy Dugan discusses the motorists’ side.
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Hillary Channels Prop 87
OilWatchdog reader "Alternative Energy Evangelist" points out this You Tube video of Hillary Clinton proposing an alternative energy fund, paid for out of ever-rising oil company profits. Sounds exactly like Proposition 87, which narrowly lost…