7-8-08 by dugan Having trashed the world’s major stock markets with $145-a-barrel crude oil, the oil market now is getting dinged because oil is too expensive for the world’s weakening economies to stomach. Here’s the…
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$5 Diesel = Economy-Killer
NEWS RELEASE: $5 Diesel Fuel, the Economy-Killer New report shows how oil companies shorted the market and made it happen. CONTACT: Judy Dugan 310-392-0522 x305 or cell 213-280-0175; or Jamie Court x327 July 02, 2008…
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Congress takes a holiday
06-27-08 by dugan It looks like Congress needs to rest up before doing anything about oil and gasoline prices. Our government is heading off for its long July 4 holiday after accomplishing nothing useful to…
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$2-$3 gas? Not such a fairy tale
6-23-08 by dugan Today’s Congressional hearing on oil speculation sounded like an admission that the Emperor wasn’t wearing any clothes. Big guns in the financial industry told Congress that simply regulating out-of-control energy markets could…
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New Bills to Curb Oil Speculation
NEWS RELEASE: Congress Plans Action on Oil Market Speculation As Consumers Send Their Gas Bills to Legislators, White House New Legislation Aims at Taming Energy Markets; Consumer Watchdog Decries Likely Lack of Senate, White House…
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Why cheaper gas is right
06-20-08 by dugan I’ve gotten some e-mails telling OilWatchdog that it’s off course in asking drivers to send their gas bills to Congress and demand some action to get prices down. One group says we…
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Senate climate debate derailed
6-6-08 Court Shame on the United States Senators who refused to let climate change be debated today. An end-of-the week filibuster has finished Senator Boxer’s bill over how to deal with global warming and climate…
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Senate Debates Climate Finally!!
US Senator Barbara Boxer today finally brought the historic debate over climate change to the US Senate. 74 Senators voted to proceed with a debate, thwarting a filibuster threat. As Senator Joe Lieberman noted at…
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Exxon’s Not-Such-a-Victory
5-28-08 by dugan Today’s large-shareholder revolt against Exxon’s management got just under 40% of shareholder votes today about what it got at last year’s annual meeting. Exxon viewed it as a victory, but…
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Hybrids Making $ense
5-15-08 by dugan Early adopters of the Prius and other gas-electric hybrids weren’t doing it for the money, since the extra cost would take five or more years to make up with gasoline…
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Throw It At the Wall…
5-9-08 by dugan …And See If It Sticks. That appears to be where government stands on quelling oil and gasoline prices. Congress is now proposing bucketsful of legislation and other actions in a…
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The ‘Killer Biofuels’ Claque
4-18-08 by dugan Global warming denial is a nearly lost cause, so its proponents have a new issue: killer biofuels. Their simple, effective message is that biofuels–all of them–are the cause of rising food costs. Thus…
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Bush Blames $115 Oil on OPEC
NEWS RELEASE: CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522 ext. 305; or cell, 213-280-0175 April 16, 2008 New Oil Price Spike to $115 a Barrel Shows a "Two-Faced" White House That Takes Oil Off U.S. Markets While Blaming…