08-14-08 by dugan It doesn’t sound like a lot–Exxon pleads guilty in federal court to killing 85 birds over 5 years, pays $600,000 in fines and fees. It’s a drop in the bucket for…
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How to buy a climate policy
California has a forward-looking climate policy, but everything depends on how it’s implemented. And buying the face time band private access needed to make things better for industry just gets easier: the state Chamber…
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Gas Climbs Past $3 Per Gallon
Gas Climbs Past $3 Per Gallon By David R. Baker, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE August 06, 2009 If it feels like we’ve been here before, we have. California’s gasoline prices are climbing past $3 per gallon…
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Nissan’s oil liberation car?
After the General Motors EV-1 got torn from owners’ hands and sent to the crusher, all-electric cars for the mass market seemed doomed. Even electric sports-car maker Tesla, of the $180,000 zoomer, priced its…
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FPPC Queries Polluter-Paid Trips
FPPC Chief Questions Trips Supported By Polluters By Tom Knudson, SACRAMENTO BEE July 31, 2009 The chairman of California’s Fair Political Practices Commission, Ross Johnson, said widespread overseas travel by top state climate and energy…
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Oil Price Spikes As Oil Profits Skid
Oil Price Spike, As Exxon And Others’ Profit Skids, Shows Potential For New Economy-Killing Energy Roller Coaster, Says Consumer Watchdog Profit Reports Offer More Proof That Oil Prices Are Disconnected From Actual Petroleum CONTACT: Judy…
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Big about-face on speculation
7-28-09 by dugan Last fall, the Bush administration said all that business with oil hitting $147 a barrel and gasoline at over $4.00 a gallon was just supply and demand at work. Today–big oops!…
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Energy Co’s Pay Regulators’ Way
Energy Firms Help Pay For State Regulators’ Far-Flung Trips By Tom Knudson, SACRAMENTO BEE July 26, 2009 State officials who lead California’s war on global warming often travel abroad on trips supported by the major…
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“Junker” bonus: More GM welfare?
7-27-09 by dugan Shoulda been a big gain for the environment: Turn in your gas-guzzling clunker for a federal credit up to $4,500 to buy a cleaner car. Not much cleaner, it turns out:…
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Hot fuel fix rises from the dead
7-21-09 by dugan Is it hot out? Well, so’s your gasoline. You’re losing a few cents a gallon each time you fill up at the pump. And no, with today’s insulated underground tanks,…
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Debit-Card Security Upgrades Costly
Debit-Card Security Plan Worries Gas Pump Owners — Smaller Retailers Fear Costly Upgrades Mandated By Firms By Allison Nichols, ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE July 19, 2009 New security mandates from credit-card companies that gas stations and other…
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Goldman Sachs’ oil revival
7-13-09 by dugan Investment bank Goldman Sachs is about to report an eye-popping profit increase, leaving the rest of the economy in the dust. That should remind us of Goldman’s key role in the energy-price…
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Gas Down, But Not By Enough
Gas Pump Glug, Glug Is 15¢ Less Per Gallon — For Investors, Oil Stocks Lose Sheen BY Laura Stevens, ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE July 10, 2009 Gasoline prices have dropped 15 cents in the past 20 days…