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Cheaper & Cleaner Fuel Solutions
As President Obama Orders Tough Tailpipe Regulations, Consumer Group Offers ‘A’ to ‘F’ Solutions for Cleaner and Cheaper Transportation Americans Want Green Solutions But Worry About Costs; Handbook Identifies Wasted Billions, Best Paths Washington, DC — As President Obama announces new national tailpipe emission standards modeled on California’s, Consumer Watchdog is releasing a report that [...]
Continue reading...Smart grid: Genius or greenwash
Friday, March 6, 2009
03-08-09 by dugan "Move over, Big Oil. There’s a new VIP guest in the White House: Silicon Valley." Writers know you have to nab readers with the lead paragraph. That one above, by Erika Lovley of Politico for a story on the politics of the "smart grid" is a champ. Who wouldn’t want IBM and [...]
Continue reading...Solar power grab in L.A.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
2-18-09 by dugan There’s no organized opposition to a misbegotten and politics-ridden solar power initiative on the March 3 city ballot in Los Angeles–because there’s no money to be made from opposing it, and because potential opponents who might do business with the city are intimidated. But a few well-informed and dedicated citizens trooped up [...]
Continue reading...Bacon-scented tailpipes?
Friday, February 6, 2009
02-06-09 by dugan You know the coffee can full of bacon grease that Grandma used to keep for frying? Or, in parts of the South, to drizzle on bread? Well, yeah, it was tasty but not so good for you, and most people now either put it down the drain (bad) or stick the full [...]
Continue reading...Oil platforms are forever
Monday, December 29, 2008
12-29-08 by dugan With a new administration a few weeks from office, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in opposition, the likelihood of new offshore oil rigs popping up along the California coast may seem slim. But never underestimate the lobbying power of oil. The San Francisco Chronicle today offers a chilling overview of how much coastal [...]
Continue reading...Petroleum’s Happy Holiday
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
12-24-08 by dugan The White House giveaways have been so fast and furious that they’re hard to track. But here are a couple of recent tales that round up the oil industry loot in this lame-duck season–our stockings may be empty, but not Exxon’s (and friends’). Guest Columnist Timothy Egan in the New York Times: [...]
Continue reading...First, Undo the Harm*
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Sometimes good news mostly illumines the bad news that went before. Take president-elect Obama’s appointment of a four-person "energy and environment" team, including Energy Secretary-designee Steven Chu, Interior Secretary-designee Ken Salazar and a "climate czar," former Environmental Protection Agency leader Carol Browner. Even recognizing the links between energy and environment is an enormous step forward [...]
Continue reading...Shale oil and water wars
Monday, November 24, 2008
11/24/08 by dugan Mark Twain never heard the phrase "shale oil," but he was dead on when he said of the West, "Whiskey’s for drinking, water’s for fighting. Whiskey-wise, I’d like a double sinker after hearing that the Bush administration is close to reopening shale-oil mining and extraction from public lands in the West, which [...]
Continue reading...Exxon, Shell Post Record Profits
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Exxon, Shell Profit Records Cap an Orgy That Weakened U.S., World Economies, Says Group ‘Consumers Now Know Where Their Money Went’; Congress, White House Must Prevent a Repeat of Costly Energy Bubble CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 213-280-0175 (cell); or Tim Hamilton, 360-495-4941 October 30, 2008 Santa Monica, CA — ExxonMobil’s $14.8 billion third-quarter profit reports clears [...]
Continue reading...Clap to save green energy
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
8-22-08 by dugan OK, oil is a fraction of the price it was in July, and gasoline is finally below $3.00 a gallon. Natural gas is also about 50% below its top price this summer. And renewable energy projects are tanking, due to both the falling fossil fuel prices and a dried-up credit market. The [...]
Continue reading...Want Jobs? Go Green
Monday, October 20, 2008
10-20-08 by dugan The nasty state of the economy means that a lot of planned government programs may hit the chopping block. Environmentalists fear that green initiatives, including renewable power, will stall. But a new report on the explosion of green jobs in California is filled with hard evidence that the future of [...]
Continue reading...Stations Make More Per Gallon
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Gas Stations Make More Pennies on the Gallon By Ryan Randazzo, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC October 16, 2008 Drivers are welcoming the continued drop in prices of gasoline, but the average cost of a gallon of fuel has only fallen about half as much as the price of a barrel of oil since both hit records [...]
Continue reading...Silence of the Greens
Thursday, October 2, 2008
10-2-08 by dugan OilWatchdog loathes greenwash P.R. by oil companies pretending to be good green citizens. But a revelatory new book points to major environmental groups as enablers of this corporate greenwash. Christine MacDonald, author of the newly published “Green, Inc., An Environmental Insider Reveals How a Good Cause Has Gone Bad,” finds [...]
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