October 29, 2007 Contact: Judy Dugan, or Jamie Court, 310 392-0522 Gasoline Prices Driven by Speculators’ Hot Air, Say Consumers A gasoline price spike of more than a dime a gallon over the last two…
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Chevron CEO Gets Gouging Award
NEWS RELEASE October 25, 2007 CONTACT: John M. Simpson, 310-392-0522, x317, or cell: 310-292-1902 Consumer Advocate Confronts Chevron Chief Executive Over Soaring Gasoline Prices With "Golden Nozzle Award" Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Advocates from…
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Only a Pause for BP
NEWS RELEASE October 23, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, or cell, 213-280-0175, or Tim Hamilton, 360-495-4941 BP Profit Drop Just a Pause in Windfall Profits, Says Consumer Group; Company Warned Not to Skimp…
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Big Oil Gives $500K+ to Giuliani
NEWS RELEASE October 19, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522 x305 Giuliani Leaps Past $500,000 Mark in Big Oil Contributions; All Presidential Candidates Should Return Oil Industry’s "Dirty Money," Says Watchdog Group Santa Monica, CA —…
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Real Reasons for $88 a Barrel
10-17-07 by dugan Oil is touching $88 a barrel because Turkey is poised for military raids inside Iraq against Kurdish rebels. Oh, what rubbish. Every time the price of oil goes up $3 or…
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Spike In Crude Oil But Not Gas Prices
Spike in Crude Oil Price to $88/Barrel Without New Run-Up in Pump Price Exposes Oil Industry Deception, Profiteering; Oil Companies’ Claim That Crude Oil Costs Drive Gasoline Price Makes No Sense With Today’s Barrel Prices…
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The Oil Industry Thanks You…
10-11-07 by dugan/insider I’d been wondering why diesel was up, even while gasoline was (sort of) down. So of course I checked with Insider. His answer tells us why the oil industry should thank…
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Refiners ‘Recovery’ Has a Price
10-10-07 by dugan Chevron, BP and Valero Energy have warned that their third-quarter profits will be under those of the last quarter because their refining profits have deflated from stupendously piggish highs. Unfortunately, they…
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The Next Pump Price Spike
10-04-07 by dugan Are we being set up for an even earlier, bigger gasoline price spike next spring? Sure looks like it. Gasoline prices are 47.8 cents a gallon above the U.S. average at…
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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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Look Who’s Paying $3.25
08-30-07 by dugan A refinery in Montana goes down for maintenance, and pump prices in North Dakota shoot upward to $3.249 in major towns. The state is now hoping for rescue from Canada….
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Decoding Gasoline Prices
08-23-07 by dugan "Insider" sends along a copy (pdf) of a preliminary report on gasoline pricing by the Washington State Attorney General. Part 1 doesn’t quite get to the bottom of the large…
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Chevron $ Makes Speaker Weak On Big Oil
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…