12-3-07 by dugan It sounded too good to be true, and it was. The announcement Friday night was that Congressional negotiators had come up with a compromise energy bill including moderate new auto fuel…
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Archive | Tag: cash register politics
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Heat Or Food This Winter?
No one should have to freeze in order to afford groceries this winter. The Energy Department estimates that it will cost the average Americans a record $977 just for the fuel to heat their homes…
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$100 Oil in the Gambling Hall
11-25-07 by dugan Way back in autumn of 2004, Hurricane Ivan hit the Gulf of Mexico and U.S. crude oil prices briefly topped $50 a barrel as offshore drilling platforms were rattled. Even then,…
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Exxon’s Alabama Cesspool
11-19-07 by dugan When a big story happens away from the eye of Big Media, the bare bones that get told often omit the really interesting political realities and motivations. Earlier this month, a…
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Gas Price Spike = Gift for Big Oil
NEWS RELEASE November 5, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, or cell: 213-280-0175 Gasoline Price Spike Heralds Economy-Busting Christmas ‘Present’ For Oil Companies Price for Regular Up 14 Cents Nationally, to $3.01, In One…
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Regents Must Review UC-BP Deal
NEWS RELEASE October 31, 2007 CONTACT: John M. Simpson, 310-392-0522, x317, or cell: 310-292-1902 Consumer Advocates Insist UC Regents Review $500 Million "UC-BP" Deal; Demand Proposed Contract Terms Be Made Public Santa Monica, CA —…
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Chevron CEO Gets Gouging Award
NEWS RELEASE October 25, 2007 CONTACT: John M. Simpson, 310-392-0522, x317, or cell: 310-292-1902 Consumer Advocate Confronts Chevron Chief Executive Over Soaring Gasoline Prices With "Golden Nozzle Award" Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Advocates from…
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Only a Pause for BP
NEWS RELEASE October 23, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, or cell, 213-280-0175, or Tim Hamilton, 360-495-4941 BP Profit Drop Just a Pause in Windfall Profits, Says Consumer Group; Company Warned Not to Skimp…
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Big Oil Gives $500K+ to Giuliani
NEWS RELEASE October 19, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522 x305 Giuliani Leaps Past $500,000 Mark in Big Oil Contributions; All Presidential Candidates Should Return Oil Industry’s "Dirty Money," Says Watchdog Group Santa Monica, CA —…
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More Questions for Arnold
10-17-07 by dugan Just because Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed into law AB118, an oil-friendly bill disguised as an environmental bill, that doesn’t mean the questions will end. For instance, how does he explain why…
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Spike In Crude Oil But Not Gas Prices
Spike in Crude Oil Price to $88/Barrel Without New Run-Up in Pump Price Exposes Oil Industry Deception, Profiteering; Oil Companies’ Claim That Crude Oil Costs Drive Gasoline Price Makes No Sense With Today’s Barrel Prices…
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Oil Wins (Again) in California
10-15-07 by dugan A rumor briefly swirled yesterday that Gov. Schwarzenegger would veto a deceptive “biofuel development” bill pushed with the full force of Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez . That sounded too good to be…
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Chevron’s Burma Burden
A picture that tells all from OilChange International, which is also pushing Chevron to get out of Myanmar/Burma–where petroleum money is supporting the junta’s brutal suppression of democracy activists. OilWatchdog still hasn’t heard back from…