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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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9-24-07 by Court Turns out that ambitious reform plan Speaker Nunez promoted for the cameras this summer has fizzled. Surprise, surpise. The only legislation on Governor Schwarzenegger’s desk at the end of session are…
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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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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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09-10-07 by Dugan The first person to tell me today that Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez’s fake cure for the "hot fuel ripoff" had passed the Legislature was from an oil marketing organization. He was…
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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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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…
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NEWS RELEASE August 28, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 213 280-0175 (cell) OilWatchdog.Org Demands Consumer Voice in Debate Over Fixing "Hot Fuel" Ripoff of Drivers — New Free Stickers Warn of Hot Fuel Rip-off; Regulatory Group…
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NEWS RELEASE August 23, 2007 CONTACT: Jamie Court, (310) 392-0522 ext. 327, or Judy Dugan, ext. 305 Assembly Speaker’s Promised Action to Curb Gasoline Price Spikes Fails as Chevron Money Flows, Says Letter; Group Asks…
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NEWS RELEASE August 3, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 213-280-0175 (cell), or Jamie Court, 310-392-0522, ext. 327 Congress Takes Reins on "Hot Fuel" Ripoff of Motorists; Bill By Sen. McCaskill Requires Honest Compensation for Gasoline Energy…
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NEWS RELEASE July 27, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, or cell: 213-280-0175, or John Simpson, ext. 317 Chevron Record Profit Driven by Refining Profits Up 41% in US, 30% Overall, On Record Gasoline…
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07-26-07 by dugan Once Upon a Time, Big Oil made its big profits on drilling oil. Now the oil guys are pickpocketing motorists directly, racking up ever-larger profits on gasoline and diesel production. Exxon…
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NEWS RELEASE July 26, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, cell: 213-280-0175, or John Simpson, ext. 317 Record Pump Prices Give Exxon Record Refining Profits, More than $10 Billion Total Earnings; Group Calls for…
