NEWS RELEASE May 01, 2008 ExxonMobil Profits Soar to Record On Speculative Oil Prices While Consumers and Economy Suffer Bush, Congress Avoid Real Solutions; Stance Is Inexcusable as Pump Price Soars, Says Consumer Group CONTACT:…
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Shell & BP Record 1st Qtr Profits
NEWS RELEASE: April 29, 2008 Speculative Oil Price Brings Roof-Busting Profits to Shell, BP at Cost of Squeezed Consumers, Suffering Economy Government’s ‘Business as Usual’ Stance Is Inexcusable as Pump Price Soars, Says Consumer Group…
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Conoco’s Profit = Higher Gas $
NEWS RELEASE: Consumer Group Sees Warning in Oil Profit Report that Refining Profits Set to Rise, Spiking Gasoline Prices Further Analyst Predicts Over $4 a Gallon Nationally, Up To $5 in California CONTACT:…
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Not the Gas Station’s Fault
4-21-08 by dugan I imagine a fair number of drivers think the guy at the corner gas station is raking it in, with the price at the pump getting near–or beyond–$4.00 a gallon. But…
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Demand for White House Action
April 21, 2008 News Release Contact: Judy Dugan, 310 392-0522, ext. 305 White House Silence, Inaction on Pump Price Spike is Opposite of Bush 2006 Response, Says Group Consumers, Economy Are Buckling…
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Why You Can’t Afford Gasoline
4-17-08 by dugan The government will never willingly change the duplicitous way it calculates inflation, which is why it doesn’t get written about much. So it’s worth pointing out a good column by…
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Bush Blames $115 Oil on OPEC
NEWS RELEASE: CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522 ext. 305; or cell, 213-280-0175 April 16, 2008 New Oil Price Spike to $115 a Barrel Shows a "Two-Faced" White House That Takes Oil Off U.S. Markets While Blaming…
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Fuel Spike Demands DC Action
NEWS RELEASE: April 11, 2008 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 213-280-0175; or Jamie Court, 310-392-0522, ext. 327 Relentless Fuel Price Spike Demands White House Action, Says Consumer Watchdog Group Asks President to Deflate Oil Markets With Immediate…
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White House Oil Hoarding
4-09-08 by dugan Government boosts price of oil and gasoline! The actual big headline today is dual records for the price of oil (over $112 a barrel) and gasoline ($3.43 a gallon, up 22…
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Where’s Congress, White House on Gas Prices?
NEWS RELEASE: April 07, 2008 Gallon of Regular Gasoline Spikes Nearly a Nickel in a Week, 17 Cents Since March 3 Refineries’ Profit Surge Comes On Top of Record Profits Reaped From High Oil Prices;…
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Green Half-Truths
4-02-08 by dugan I didn’t get time yesterday to post on a House select committee’s grilling of executives from the major oil companies, but as the chairman, Rep. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, pointedly…
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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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Exxon’s EZ Profit Strategy
3-21-08 by dugan When you’ve got a product that the world can’t live without, it doesn’t pay to make more of it. That’s how Exxon sees it, as explained in detail in a…