NEWS RELEASE: May 17, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, cell: 213-280-0175, or Jamie Court, cell: 310-874-9989 Nunez Plan to Curb Refineries is On Right Track, Says Group; As In Electricity Crisis, Close Oversight of Gasoline Producers…
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Archive | Tag: price-spike
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Gov: Relief at Pump…in 2020
05-17-07 by dugan I know that letters to newspapers can’t be judged for logic in the same way that articles are, especially when they come from the government. Letters editors are like the Sorcerer’s Apprentice,…
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OilWatchdog Legislative Proposal
OilWatchdog’s May 16, 2007 <a href=”https://consumerwatchdog.org/resources/CALegLtrGasPrices.pdf”>outline for a legislative agenda </a>on California gasoline prices and biofuels development, sent to the California Legislature
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Fuel Prices Driving Spending Cuts
NEWS RELEASE: May 16, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, (310) 392 0522, ext. 305; cell 213-280-0175, or Jamie Court, ext. 327, cell 310-874-9989 Group Sees Fuel Prices Driving Food Price Increase and Consumer Spending Cuts; Letter…
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Gov Must Return Chevron’s $100K
NEWS RELEASE: May 9, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522 ext. 305, cell: 213-280-0175, or Jamie Court, ext. 327, cell: 310-874-9989 Group Demands that Gov. Schwarzenegger Return $100,000 from Chevron; Donation Made As State Is Gripped…
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Yes, We Have a Petition!
05-08-07 by dugan Day One and counting for the OilWatchdog readers’ gasoline price petition to government. First we’ll do California, then later we’ll challenge Congress. See the "Sign Petition" button on the home page or…
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Petition Urges Curbs On CA Gas Prices
NEWS RELEASE:May 7, 2007 Contact: Judy Dugan, (310) 392-0522 ext. 305, cell: 213-280-0175, or Jamie Court, ext. 327, cell 310 874-9989 Petition Urges Governor, Legislature to Act Now on Spiraling Gasoline Prices; Online Petition By…
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Public Rage=Senate Action?
05-06-07 by dugan Until this weekend, I was sure the Senate, including California’s senior Senator, would cave in to the oil industry and weaken, if not kill, House legislation to fix botched federal contracts that…
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Who’s Bad for Business?
4-5-07 by Court In response to our recent report about California gouging, oil industry flack Tupper Hull served up his usual excuses, but added this one to the list: our consumer group has "a…
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CA Penalty = $7-$15 Per Fill-Up
NEWS RELEASE: May 3, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522 ext. 305, cell: 213-280-0175, or Jamie Court, ext. 327, cell: 310-874-9989, or Tim Hamilton, 360-495-4941 "California Penalty" Reaches $7 to $15 Per Fill-Up, Report Shows; Oil…
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What Drives Spending? Gasoline
05-02-07 by dugan When I saw this week’s federal consumer spending report, which in a nutshell was up, but not up as much as in recent months, I knew one thing for sure: Everyone’s spending…
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Insider: Another Dime Per Gallon This Week?
05-01-07 by Dugan OilWatchdog’s Insider is sounding the alarm about substantial new gasoline price increases in the pipeline in California. He told us last Friday about wholesale delivery increases of 8 cents to 10 cents…
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A Connect-the-Dots Moment
04-27-07 by Dugan Here’s news that screams “Brought To You By Big Oil” Well-reported stories from the AP and USA Today report a sharp oil price jump after news of a foiled Al Qaeda…