05-21-07 by dugan OilWatchdog reader "Dirty Mac" wonders how we could seriously hope the California Legislature will act to get gasoline prices under control: Ha!! Fabian Nunez is doing the standard ploy in California when…
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Gov: Relief at Pump…in 2020
05-17-07 by dugan I know that letters to newspapers can’t be judged for logic in the same way that articles are, especially when they come from the government. Letters editors are like the Sorcerer’s Apprentice,…
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Reform’s In the Mail
5-15-07 by Court After our oped in yesterday’s LA Times condemning the political silence in Sacramento, we got an angry call saying there was some reform for high gasoline prices in the works. Interestingly, the…
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Gov Must Return Chevron’s $100K
NEWS RELEASE: May 9, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522 ext. 305, cell: 213-280-0175, or Jamie Court, ext. 327, cell: 310-874-9989 Group Demands that Gov. Schwarzenegger Return $100,000 from Chevron; Donation Made As State Is Gripped…
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Hot Fuel Breaks Cold Silence?
5-9-07 by Court Will today’s front page Los Angeles Times story, "You may not be getting all you pay for at the pump" help stop at least one gasoline scam? The article recounts how the…
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Yes, We Have a Petition!
05-08-07 by dugan Day One and counting for the OilWatchdog readers’ gasoline price petition to government. First we’ll do California, then later we’ll challenge Congress. See the "Sign Petition" button on the home page or…
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A Connect-the-Dots Moment
04-27-07 by Dugan Here’s news that screams “Brought To You By Big Oil” Well-reported stories from the AP and USA Today report a sharp oil price jump after news of a foiled Al Qaeda…
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Fight “Battered Driver” Syndrome
04/19/07 by dugan There’s a lot of talk lately about drivers "getting used to" gasoline over $3 a gallon, and in parts of California over $4. Not true. No un-rich driver gets used to the…
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Will Arnold Take On Chevron?
4-18-07 by Court The lawyer from Ecuador who is prosecuting Chevron for its crimes against the Amazon has written Arnold Schwarzenegger, asking the Gov to get tough with Chevron, which has kicked in more than…
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Gov’t Staffer Takes First Class Flight to Corporate Job
The Executive Director of the California Public Utilities Commission, Steve Larson, announced that he was leaving the PUC to take a job at the Australian oil giant Woodside, according to Mark Martin, who is reporting…
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Is DiFi Too Close To Chevron?
04-12-07 by Court What is the matter with Dianne Feinstein? First she tries to torpedo House-passed legislation forcing oil companies to pay royalties on their offshore drilling leases. Feinstein called the the Dems’ first-100 day…
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The Giant Junket Loophole
OilWatchdog colleague Carmen tells us that this month’s European junket throwing together energy execs with California regulators and legislators cost $8150 per person (including $800 in spending money!). Belgium, Germany and England on only $1,000…
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Exxon Tactic Shocking … in Canada
A Vancouver , B.C. tabloid reporter, Sean Holman, nails ExxonMobil today, describing its offer to an energy official of a public P.R. campaign to change public opinion on drilling in coastal waters. The public in…