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As President Obama Orders Tough Tailpipe Regulations, Consumer Group Offers ‘A’ to ‘F’ Solutions for Cleaner and Cheaper Transportation Americans Want Green Solutions But Worry About Costs; Handbook Identifies Wasted Billions, Best Paths Washington, DC…
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03-08-09 by dugan "Move over, Big Oil. There’s a new VIP guest in the White House: Silicon Valley." Writers know you have to nab readers with the lead paragraph. That one above, by Erika Lovley…
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2-18-09 by dugan There’s no organized opposition to a misbegotten and politics-ridden solar power initiative on the March 3 city ballot in Los Angeles–because there’s no money to be made from opposing it, and because…
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02-06-09 by dugan You know the coffee can full of bacon grease that Grandma used to keep for frying? Or, in parts of the South, to drizzle on bread? Well, yeah, it was tasty but…
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12-29-08 by dugan With a new administration a few weeks from office, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in opposition, the likelihood of new offshore oil rigs popping up along the California coast may seem slim. But…
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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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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,"…
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11/24/08 by dugan Mark Twain never heard the phrase "shale oil," but he was dead on when he said of the West, "Whiskey’s for drinking, water’s for fighting. Whiskey-wise, I’d like a double sinker after…
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Exxon, Shell Profit Records Cap an Orgy That Weakened U.S., World Economies, Says Group ‘Consumers Now Know Where Their Money Went’; Congress, White House Must Prevent a Repeat of Costly Energy Bubble CONTACT: Judy Dugan,…
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8-22-08 by dugan OK, oil is a fraction of the price it was in July, and gasoline is finally below $3.00 a gallon. Natural gas is also about 50% below its top price this summer….
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10-20-08 by dugan The nasty state of the economy means that a lot of planned government programs may hit the chopping block. Environmentalists fear that green initiatives, including renewable power, will stall. But…
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Gas Stations Make More Pennies on the Gallon By Ryan Randazzo, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC October 16, 2008 Drivers are welcoming the continued drop in prices of gasoline, but the average cost of a gallon of…
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10-2-08 by dugan OilWatchdog loathes greenwash P.R. by oil companies pretending to be good green citizens. But a revelatory new book points to major environmental groups as enablers of this corporate greenwash. Christine…
