2-10-09 by dugan Last night, a few hours after Consumer Watchdog and Public Citizen sent out a news release that was highly critical of the California Energy Commission (along with a letter pointing out a…
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When greens do greenwashing
02-03-09 by dugan One of the most valuable endorsements an energy project can get is the Sierra Club. Usually the venerable environmental group does its homework, at least at the state and national level. But…
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What’s wrong with carbon credits
Here’s an environmental blog that gets straight to the heart of what’s wrong with existing and planned "cap and trade" schemes to reduce global warming emissions with a free market in so-called "carbon credits." The…
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Conoco’s 4th Qtr Loss
Conoco’s Loss: Consumer Group Sees Trend of Major Oil Companies Waiting Out Recession, Not Investing for Recovery Corporate Cutbacks Now Likely to Generate Price Spikes Later As Economy Tries to Recover Santa Monica, CA —…
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Wheels cut from under transit
1-27-09 by dugan Now we know global warming will stick around for 1,000 years, and every extra pound of carbon emitted will make things worse. That report from scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
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Sarkozy is crazy… Like a fox
1-23-08 by dugan Despite the fondness of American conservatives for France’s "cowboy president" Nicolas Sarkozy, his proposal to bargain with OPEC for fixed and stable oil prices was all but ignored in the U.S. news…
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Don’t cry for Chevron and Exxon
1-22-09 by dugan Can California’s poor little oil companies–Exxon, Shell, Chevron and Occidental Petroleum among them, afford in these bad times to pay something back to California for oil they extract and sell in…
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Predator Exxon
1-19-08 by dugan How’s your 401 K? Having any trouble paying the mortgage, or the rent? Not Exxon’s problem. It’s on the hunt for bargains–specifically, other oil companies. There’s been a burst of stories like…
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Why Gas Rises While Oil Drops
Meltdown 101: Why Gas Prices Rise While Oil Drops By John Porretto, ASSOCIATED PRESS January 15, 2009 HOUSTON, TX — You may do a double-take as you pass your local gas station. Chances are, the…
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The unwinding begins
President-elect Obama’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Administration all but said in hearings today that she would reverse the EPA’s rejection of California’s tougher-than-national greenhouse curbs on auto emissions. From the San Francisco Chronicle:…
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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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Auto Bailout’s Big, Bad Sticks
12-19-08 by dugan Do I have this right? A giant financial/insurance company, AIG, gets two taxpayer bailouts totaling $150 billion, no strings attached, which does zero to help distressed homeowners or the frozen credit…
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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,"…