4-06-08 by dugan It’s hard to be shocked these days about prices at the pump, easier to be shocked that Congress can’t do more than talk about it. Today’s $3.324 a gallon for regular,…
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A Chevron Ghost Town?
04-03-08 by simpson Residents of the tiny Central Coast community of Casmalia are asking if Oil Giant Chevron, which supplies water to the community through a subsidiary, wants to turn the hamlet into a ghost…
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Gas Prices Hit Records Across U.S.
NEWS RELEASE: March 31, 2008 Contact: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, or cell: 213-280-0175 Gasoline Prices Hit Records in U.S., 17 States; Congress Prepares to Question Oil Execs Group Calls for Passage of Stalled Renewable…
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That’ll Be $4.35 a Gallon, Thanks
3-26-08 by dugan Hey, California, how about $4.35 a gallon for regular? A study released today (Here’s the press release. Here’s the study) by the Consumer Federation predicts pump prices could rise another 75…
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Plain Talk on Greed, Gas Price
I ran across an intriguing columnist today who described in plain language (not analyst-speak) the real story of gasoline prices–it’s not market forces, and it’s not global unrest or even demand. The article is in…
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Gas Tax Is State Money Pot
3-26-08 by dugan Most of U.S. price inflation is being driven by oil, and no place is it more evident or harmful than at the pump. Especially in California, where regular is stuck…
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Hot Fuel’s Alternate Universe
3-24-08 by dugan Sometimes when an argument doesn’t make sense, it’s the argument’s fault. That was my conclusion when a weights and measures official from New York came to the California Energy Commision…
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The Great Spring Ripoff
3-23-08 by dugan Yep, oil prices kept dropping over the weekend, down about 9% over the last week. But gasoline prices hit a new record of $3.26 nationally on Sunday. So did diesel, at…
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CA Gas Price Tops Hawaii
NEWS RELEASE – Contact: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, x 305 (cell: 213 280-0175), or Jamie Court, x 327 Californians Say Aloha (in the Bye-Bye Sense) to Their Savings — State Gasoline Price Tops Hawaii California’s Record…
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Three-Penny Operatics
3-12-08 by dugan When oil marketing lobbyists argue that motorists don’t need or deserve a fix for the "hot fuel" ripoff, their fallback is that a consumer loss of a few cents a…
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Record Prices Hammer Economy
NEWS RELEASE March 10, 2008 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, or Jamie Court, ext. 327 Daily Record Prices for Oil, Gasoline Hammer Consumers and U.S. Economy Group Calls for Swift Action to Curb, Regulate…
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Other Side of Exxon’s Mouth
3-07-08 by dugan The next time you pump $70 worth of $3.50 a gallon gasoline into your tank, munch on this thought: When ExxonMobil defends its $41 billion yearly profit profit to us angry…
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Chevron’s Water Fight
3-04-08 by simpson A California Public Utilities Commission staff report recommends a whopping 89.7 percent rate increase for a Chevron-owned water company serving the tiny hamlet of Casmalia. Not as outrageous as the 138 percent…