33/20/08 by simpson What’s it take to keep government chugging along smoothly in your favor? In Exxon Mobil’s case, the oil giant’s executives opted to plunk down $16.9 million in 2007 to lobby the federal…
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CA Gas Price Tops Hawaii
NEWS RELEASE – Contact: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, x 305 (cell: 213 280-0175), or Jamie Court, x 327 Californians Say Aloha (in the Bye-Bye Sense) to Their Savings — State Gasoline Price Tops Hawaii California’s Record…
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Three-Penny Operatics
3-12-08 by dugan When oil marketing lobbyists argue that motorists don’t need or deserve a fix for the "hot fuel" ripoff, their fallback is that a consumer loss of a few cents a…
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Record Prices Hammer Economy
NEWS RELEASE March 10, 2008 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, or Jamie Court, ext. 327 Daily Record Prices for Oil, Gasoline Hammer Consumers and U.S. Economy Group Calls for Swift Action to Curb, Regulate…
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Fuel Issue Sizzles in DC, CA
3-06-08 by dugan $4.00 gasoline isn’t a prediction any more, despite the fact that President Bush hadn’t heard a word about it. There are California stations charging up to $3.99 for regular and nearly…
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CA Gas Prices Top Record
NEWS RELEASE March 3, 2008 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, or Jamie Court, ext. 327 California Gasoline Price to Top All-Time Record As Speculators Drive Crude Oil Price to Near $104 U.S. Price Also…
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More for Oil, Nada for Stimulus
02-29-08 by dugan The headline of this column in U.S. News, by Marianne Lavelle, says it all: "Signing Your Economic Stimulus to the Saudis." Or not quite all. She could have added …"and…
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Congressional Kabuki
2-27-08 by dugan Could oil companies that collectively made $123 billion last year afford to give up $1.8 billion a year (less than 1.5% of annual profit) from the tax subsidies that you and…
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What? Politics at the EPA?
2-26-08 by dugan Here’s a (not) shocking development. Newly released documents show that the oil buddies at the White House may have interfered in the Environmental Protection Agency’s rejection of California’s new tailpipe…
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Oil, Inflation … Action?
2-27-08 by dugan If oil were shoes, its price would be sinking today like a 6-inch spike heel on the beach. Oil and gasoline consumption are down nationwide and U.S. stocks of oil…
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How Hot Fuel Fix Got Axed
2-22-08 by dugan Is this week’s early-stage victory for a national lawsuit against the "hot fuel" ripoff important? Ever more so, Considering the collapse of would-be regulation to fix it. Here’s a memo…
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Price Spike, in Spades
2-19-08 by dugan Let’s see. Gasoline is up eight cents a gallon in the last week for regular. Oil prices hit $100 a barrel today, ginned up by speculators "worried" about Venezuela, Nigeria,…
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Gamblers Get Their $100 Oil
2-19-08 by dugan If I told you that Venezuela’s crackpot leader Hugo Chavez is responsible for crude oil hitting $100 a barrel in futures trading today, would you believe me? I hope not. But…