This wacky tale of grease rustling at a Northern California Burger King spins off a lot of threads. The police report said the wild-haired suspect was siphoning his 300-gallon haul of used fryer grease into…
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Green Half-Truths
4-02-08 by dugan I didn’t get time yesterday to post on a House select committee’s grilling of executives from the major oil companies, but as the chairman, Rep. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, pointedly…
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That’ll Be $4.35 a Gallon, Thanks
3-26-08 by dugan Hey, California, how about $4.35 a gallon for regular? A study released today (Here’s the press release. Here’s the study) by the Consumer Federation predicts pump prices could rise another 75…
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Gas Tax Is State Money Pot
3-26-08 by dugan Most of U.S. price inflation is being driven by oil, and no place is it more evident or harmful than at the pump. Especially in California, where regular is stuck…
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“Get a Grip” View on Ethanol
3-24-08 by dugan Leave it to the Canadians to stay calm. Consider Frank Dottori, founder and former CEO of a multibillion-dollar forest products company. Nowadays he’s heading a project to turn forest and…
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Defending Cheaper, Cleaner
3-19-08 by dugan There’s no single path to an affordable and clean energy future, and that’s a good thing. After all, the monoculture of petroleum dependence has brought us $4.00 a gallon gasoline,…
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Arnold’s Nuclear Natter
3-17-08 by dugan There are days when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger seems to just blurt the last cockamamie idea he heard from a powerful pal. So it is with the Gov’s new enthusiasm for…
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Deadly Plug-In Hybrids!
3-14-08 by dugan I’m happy to admit that Earth would be better off if we all hiked or biked to work, got our power from solar panels on the roof, wore parkas indoors rather…
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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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Chevron’s Greenwash-and-Run
2-11-08 by dugan Chevron’s PR whizzes pulled out the stops in 2006 and early 2007 to promote the oil company’s investment in a Texas biodiesel producer. Chevron made sure that every energy reporter…
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Distract ‘Em From the Chevy Volt
1-18-07 by dugan My greenwash antenna is waving madly. GM chief exec Rick Wagoner made a splash at the Detroit auto show earlier this week, announcing an investment in cellulosic ethanol. He offered no…
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Clean-Air Hand-Clap for Safeway
12-18-08 by dugan We ought to be past the time when fueling a truck fleet on a biodiesel blend that’s good for any diesel engine merits a back-slapping news conference. But it’s still worth…
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Energy Bill: Crumbs or Loaves?
12-19-07 by dugan Looking at the energy bill, I’d say Congress is settling for crumbs and trying to count them as loaves–at least until 2009 and TEOB, "The End of Bush." That leaves a…