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CONTACT: J.Dugan D.Heller
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 oil-company profit reports ended today with California-based Chevron, whose astounding 49 percent increase in net income tells only a fraction [...]
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CONTACT: J.Dugan D.Heller
27. April 2006
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 — ExxonMobil’s report of a record $8.4 billion in first-quarter profits demonstrates that skyrocketing gasoline prices are due to oil [...]
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CONTACT: J.Dugan D.Heller
25. April 2006
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 decision to delay filling the federal Strategic Petroleum Reserve will not lower gas prices and does not address the underlying [...]
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CONTACT: J. Dugan J. Court
21. April 2006
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 to respond to new state government data showing oil companies are slowing production and exporting supply to drive up the [...]
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CONTACT: J. Dugan J. Court
20. April 2006
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 three-hundredths of one percent of last year’s record $36 billion in profits on direct research on alternative energy, according to [...]
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CONTACT: J. Dugan J. Court
18. April 2006
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 today of rising gasoline prices in California that found corporate markups and profiteering are responsible for spring price spikes, not [...]
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28. April 2006