NEWS RELEASE: June 15, 2006 CONTACT: Jamie Court, 310 392-0522 x327 or Judy Dugan x305 Gas price study finds nothing Santa Monica, CA — A report ordered by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on possible gas-price gouging…
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Consumer Group Applauds Atty. Gen.’s Broader Gouging Law, Urges Swift Approval in Legislature
NEWS RELEASE: June 8, 2006 CONTACT: Jamie Court, 310 392-0522 x327, or Judy Dugan x305 Santa Monica, CA — Legislation proposed by California Atty. Gen. Bill Lockyer and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez would modernize and…
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New Study Finds Low Gasoline Inventories Unreasonably Driving Up Pump Prices
NEWS RELEASE: May 24, 2006 CONTACT: Jamie Court (310) 392-0522 ext. 327 or Judy Dugan, ext. 305 Santa Monica, CA — A new report points to deliberately low refinery inventories as the chief reason for…
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FTCR To Atty. Gen. Lockyer: New Data Shows Artificial Reduction In Gasoline Supply That Oil Execs Need To Answer For
NEWS RELEASE: May 11, 2006 CONTACT: Jamie Court, 310 392-0522, ext. 327, or Judy Dugan, ext. 327 Santa Monica, CA — In a letter to California Atty. Gen. Bill Lockyer, The Foundation for Taxpayer and…
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Crude Oil And Demand Fall, But CA Gas Prices Skyrocket — Proves State Motorists Are Being Overcharged
NEWS RELEASE: May 8, 2006 CONTACT: Judy Dugan 310 392-0522, ext. 305, or Jamie Court, ext. 327 Santa Monica, CA — California drivers were paying more than $3.36 a gallon for regular gasoline Monday, up…
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Government’s Clumsy Diversion on Gas Prices:
NEWS RELEASE: May 3, 2006 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310 392-0522, ext. 305, or cell, 213 280-0175 Gas gouging website makes gas stations into scapegoats, says group Santa Monica, CA — The Federal Department of Energy…
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State Overseers Mystified by Disappearing Gasoline, Skyrocketing CA Gas Prices;
NEWS RELEASE: May 2, 2006 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, (310) 392-0522 ext. 305, or cell: (213) 280-0175 Group calls new spike more evidence of need for gasoline supply regulation Santa Monica, CA — Gasoline prices hit…
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Chevron: Record Profits Come on the Backs of California Motorists
NEWS RELEASE: April 28, 2006 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310 392-0522, ext. 305, or Doug Heller ext. 309 Pain at the pump also bankrolls anti-consumer ballot effort Santa Monica, CA — The round of record quarterly…
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New Record Profit Report For Exxon Proves Profiteering
NEWS RELEASE: April 27, 2006 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310 392-0522, ext. 305, or Doug Heller ext. 309 Refiners have no excuse for gouging at the pump, windfalls should be returned to motorists Santa Monica, CA…
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Bush Oil Move Attacks the Wrong End of the Gasoline Price Crisis
NEWS RELEASE: April 25, 2006 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, (310) 392-0522 ext. 305, Doug Heller, ext. 309 Withholding contributions to U.S. oil reserve does nothing to stop oil company profiteering Santa Monica, CA — President Bush’s…
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California Refiners Export Gasoline as Prices Zoom Statewide
NEWS RELEASE [edit] April 21, 2006 CONTACT: Judy Dugan (310) 392-0522 ext. 305 & Jamie Court, ext. 327 Price manipulation charged by consumer advocates Santa Monica, CA — A consumer group called on state legislators…
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Exxon’s Pennies for Environment on Earth Day
NEWS RELEASE: April 20, 2006 CONTACT: Jamie Court (310) 392-0522 ext 327, Judy Dugan ext 305 $400 million for retiring chief, $10 million for alternative energy research Santa Monica, CA — ExxonMobil invested less than…
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New Gasoline Study Shows Profits, Not Crude Oil Prices Or Ethanol, Are Driving Pump Price Spike
NEWS RELEASE: April 18, 2006 CONTACT: Tim Hamilton (360) 495-4941, Jamie Court (310) 392-0522 ext 327, Judy Dugan, ext 305 Santa Monica, CA — The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights released a new study…