Archive | February, 2007
Blog Post
Big Yellow Pile in Kazhakhstan
Posted by Judy Dugan
Chevron’s corporate PR regarding its giant refinery in Richmond, CA, states that “protecting people and the environment is not just lip service, it’s our policy.” As much as locals who were around for the big 1999 fire might disagree with that statement, what would the residents near its giant facility in Kazhakstan think of that [...]
News Clipping
State gas prices zooming near $3
28. February 2007
by Dale KaslerSacramento BeeFebruary 28, 2007 California’s gasoline market is so fragile that a fire at an oil refinery in the Texas Panhandle could help boost prices above $3 a gallon. The average statewide price shot past $2.80 this week, the result of rising consumption, a fresh surge in crude oil costs and a [...]
Blog Post
Big Oil’s Gouge-Fest Returns to California
Posted by Judy Dugan
26. February 2007
The daily AAA fuel gauge report on Feb. 26 shows that California’s average pump price for regular has spiked to nearly $2.81 per gallon, almost 46 cents above the national average of $2.34. Utah and Wyoming, averaging under $2.19 per gallon, are 62 cents a gallon cheaper than California. There is no credible reason for [...]
Press Release
California’s Call to Arms: Gasoline Spikes 45 Cents a Gallon Higher Than U.S. Average
CONTACT: J. Dugan J. Court
26. February 2007
NEWS RELEASE:February 26, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522 ext. 305, cell 213-280-0175, Jamie Court, ext. 327, or cell 310-874-9989, Tim Hamilton, 360-495-4941 It is ‘political malpractice’ if congress, state fail to act, say consumer advocates Santa Monica, CA — The daily AAA fuel gauge report shows that California’s average pump price for regular has spiked [...]
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Hawaii’s Small Anti-Gouging Step
Posted by Judy Dugan
25. February 2007
Hawaii, even more than California and the West, is geographically isolated. With only two major refiners, Chevron and Tesoro, it is entirely uncompetitive in gasoline pricing, and is usually the only state paying more than California. Its legislature is on the verge of activating a new law requiring those refiners to report much more information [...]
Blog Post
Rare Sighting: Chevron Caught Lying
Posted by Judy Dugan
22. February 2007
State of Hawaii declares that Chevron misled, obstructed and omitted in pricing investigation.
Press Release
California Gasoline Sharply Up As Oil Prices Stagnate
CONTACT: J. Dugan J. Court
20. February 2007
NEWS RELEASE:February 20, 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 Group sees oil companies setting up state’s motorists for another summer price crisis Santa Monica, CA — California’s gasoline price of $2.71 is nearly 24 cents a gallon above last year’s price [...]
Press Release
Exxon in Sheeps’ Clothing;
CONTACT: Judy Dugan
16. February 2007
NEWS RELEASE:February 16, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522 ext. 305, or cell: 213-280-0175 Oil giant lies, evades in full-page ads across the country, group says Santa Monica, CA — In full-page ads today in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, ExxonMobil rewrites history, omits any pledges of actual change and blurs Exxon’s long [...]
Blog Post
Investors’ Hit on Global Warming Inaction
Posted by John M. Simpson
14. February 2007
A group of leading US investors named ExxonMobil and ConocoPhlillips to its Climate Watch List, a list of 10 companies that have been identified as lagging behind their industry peers in their responses to climate change. As part of this effort, investors have filed shareholder resolutions with the 10 companies – and 26 other US [...]
Blog Post
Green Talk Wraps Same Old Chevron, Exxon
Posted by Judy Dugan
14. February 2007
Chevron CEO David O’Reilly wants U.S. shorelines surveyed at half a billion dollars in taxpayer expense, then opened to more oil drilling–and he’d like to stop states like California that try to curb global warning so the oil industry and the White House can decide on a better idea. He wants President Bush to cut [...]
Blog Post
Just Good Friends?
Posted by John M. Simpson
14. February 2007
Bush Administration regulators are so tight with lobbyists from the companies they’re supposed to oversee that they buy $1 million vacation homes with them. Only nine months before approving a deal to let ConocoPhillips delay a $500-million pollution cleanup, the federal government’s top environmental prosecutor bought a posh South Carolina retreat with Conoco’s top lobbyist. [...]
Press Release
Big Oil’s Hot Air in Houston
CONTACT: J. Dugan J. Court
13. February 2007
NEWS RELEASE: February 13, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522 ext. 305, or cell: 213-280-0175, or Jamie Court, ext. 327, or cell: 310-874-9989 Oil CEO’s presence at energy summit is about image, not change, says group Santa Monica, CA — Big Oil CEOs are meeting in Houston this week to develop a message on making their [...]
Blog Post
When Hired Dogs Turn On You
Posted by Judy Dugan
10. February 2007
Big Oil, still trying to cast doubt on global warming, turned to the oil-friendly and Exxon-funded American Enterprise Institute in January to buy a "report" disputing the UN’s decisive global warming study. Big oil should choose its friends carefully, because sometimes the people hired to make them look green and compassionate realize they’ve been played [...]
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