Rally, T-shirts Warn Cal Could Become “UC-BP”; $500 Million BP Deal Near Completion As Big Oil Pumps Money Into Colleges Berkeley, CA — Oil giant BP must not be allowed to use a $500 million…
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Chevron Silent On Human Rights
NEWS RELEASE October 1, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, cell: 213-280-0175 ‘Human Rights’ Not Part of Chevron ‘Human Energy’ Advertising Campaign; Watchdog Group’s Letter Calls on CEO to Dump Myanmar Gas Fields that…
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Human Energy?
9-30-07 by Court Chevron’s latest advertising campaign, which gives the company the tagline "Human Energy," is a classic study in how large rogue corporations try to show themselves as having a soul and human…
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Chevron’s Ads = Greenwashing
NEWS RELEASE September 28, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, x305, or cell: 213-280-0175 Chevron’s $15 Million Ads, $15 Billion Stock Buyback Are P.R. Greenwashing, Stockholder Appeasement, Says Watchdog Group; Oil Giant Touts Necessity of Oil…
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BP Keeps on Bumbling
09-26-07 by dugan Lots of folks have sent along a Financial Times report that BP’s CEO sees its third-quarter performance as "dreadful." (Here’s a later recap from the Guardian, with updates). BP CEO Tony…
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“Boston Legal” Pillories Big Oil U
NEWS RELEASE September 26, 2007 CONTACT: John M. Simpson, (310) 392-0522, ext. 317, or (310) 292-1902, cell Big Oil U Pilloried On "Boston Legal" Season Premiere; $500 Million BP Deal at Berkeley Near Completion; Oil…
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Issa Challenged On “Hot Fuel” Rip-off
NEWS RELEASE September 18, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, or cell: 213-280-0175, or Jamie Court, ext. 327, or cell: 310-874-9989 Consumer Group Challenges Rep. Darrell Issa On "Hot Fuel" Ripoff of Motorists; Congressman…
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Gov. Urged To Veto AB 868
NEWS RELEASE September 17, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 213-280-0175 (cell), or Jamie Court, 310-392-0522 ext. 327 Gov. Schwarzenegger Urged to Veto Fake ‘Consumer Protection’ on Hot Fuel Rip-off; Foundation Says Legislation, AB868, Will Delay or…
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$80 Oil and the ‘Enron Loophole’
Here’s something worth getting out of bed for at 6 a.m. (Pacific time) teleconference. The federal Commodity Futures Trading Commission is holding a day of hearings Tuesday on what are called "dark markets." These…
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Insider’s Theory On FTC/Issa Ghost Writing
9-11-07 by Court Our source in the industry, Insider, offers these observations about how the oil industry has historically stolen Congress’s and the FTC’s masthead: As Oilwatchdog.org demands that Rep. Darrell Issa of…
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Snakes in Tahoe
I jokingly suggested in front of the microphone yesterday that if gasoline marketers don’t want to sell fuel compensated for temperature, they should just post the temperature of the fuel in their underground tanks right…
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FTC’s Illiterate “Hot Fuel” Science
NEWS RELEASE September 10, 2007 CONTACT: John Siebert, OOIDA, 816 229-5791, or Judy Dugan, FTCR & OilWatchdog.org, 213-280-0175 FTC Slammed For ‘Illiterate Science’ and Political Interference In Its Official Opinion Opposing "Hot Fuel" Fix; Truckers,…
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“Hot Fuel” Rips Off DC Drivers
NEWS RELEASE August 30, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305 or cell, 213-280-0175, or Jamie Court, cell: 310-874-9989 (ISDN connection available, TV interviews via satellite by appointment through Friday) Labor Day Weekend Gives Oil…