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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Let the Oil Guys’ Grilling Begin
05-17-07 by dugan Wish I’d been in Washington this week to watch John Felmy squirm under the jaded eyes of a House antitrust subcommittee. Felmy is the chief economist (read: mouthpiece) for the American Petroleum…
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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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Reform’s In the Mail
5-15-07 by Court After our oped in yesterday’s LA Times condemning the political silence in Sacramento, we got an angry call saying there was some reform for high gasoline prices in the works. Interestingly, the…
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Blowing Smoke About Prices
By Simpson 05-11-07 API, formerly and more accurately known as the American Petroleum Institute, is behind misleading full-page newspaper advertisements trying to blame the price of crude oil for the daily outrage at the nation’s…
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Yeah, Chevron’s 100K Stinks
05-10-07 by dugan The Sacramento CBS affiliate, Channel 2, went out to gas stations yesterday and asked folks what they thought of OilWatchdog’s demand that Gov. Schwarzenegger return his $100,000 donation from Chevron, which was…
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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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Wiping The Slate Clean
By Simpson05-08-07 Chevron is reported near a deal that enables the company to avoid criminal charges in the UN oil-for-food scandal. The oil giant will apparently pay $25-30 million in fines. Chevron will, according to…
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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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Big Oil “Shortage” Drives Record Pump Prices
NEWS RELEASE: April 30, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, or cell: 213-280-0175 Oil Companies Created "Shortage" That Is Driving Record Pump Prices, Says Group; Last Year’s Record Is Shattered at $3.40 for Regular…