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Sacramento, CA -- A coalition of over twenty public interest groups exposed new state data showing that California oil refiners averaged more than $1 per gallon in gross profits during 2023 and called on the California Energy Commission to adopt a...
by Dan Bacher
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on Mon Mar 18, 2024 at 10:04 AM PDT
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Chevron topped CA lobbying spending with $11 million in 2023 - Big Oil set new record of $27 million 2023 was an epic year for lobbying spending by the fossil fuel industry in the “green” and “progressive” state of California as they fought an array of climate and energy-related bills. Big Oil and Big Gas spent an all-time record of $27,003,931 on...
by Dan Bacher
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on Sat Feb 17, 2024 at 12:27 PM PST
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Los Angeles, CA—The third quarter report to shareholders by Valero Energy Corporation shows it made 70% more per gallon in California than in any other region of the U.S. or the globe that it operates in, according to a report from Consumer Watchdog...
by Dan Bacher
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on Thu Oct 26, 2023 at 02:05 PM PDT
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Sacramento, CA — If you thought the $18 million that Big Oil spent on lobbying California officials in 2022 was outrageous, the gusher of money the oil and gas industry is spending in their campaign to control the regulatory apparatus is even worse...
by Dan Bacher
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on Tue May 02, 2023 at 04:39 PM PDT
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As a gusher of Big Oil lobbying money fouled the California Legislature and regulatory agencies, five refiners controlling California’s gasoline market — PBF Energy, Chevron, Marathon Petroleum, Valero, and Phillips 66 — have reported a combined 2022...
by Dan Bacher
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on Sat Feb 18, 2023 at 04:35 PM PST
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Sacramento, CA -- California’s four big oil refiners more than doubled their average profit of the last 20 years from California during the recent gasoline price spikes, according to testimony delivered by Consumer Watchdog to the California Energy...
by Dan Bacher
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on Tue Nov 29, 2022 at 09:38 AM PST
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Los Angeles, CA— As Californians paid record high prices at the gas pumps, oil companies and their refinery operations reaped record profits in only three months from July to September 2022. In their latest report on oil company profiteering, Consumer...
by Dan Bacher
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on Wed Nov 02, 2022 at 01:37 PM PDT
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Los Angeles, CA—Chevron, infamous for causing environmental devastation from the Amazon to California, posted refining profits of $2.5 billion dollars in the third quarter of 2022. That almost doubles their haul from the same quarter the year before....
by Dan Bacher
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on Fri Oct 28, 2022 at 12:55 PM PDT
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California Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the appointment of Manmeet “Mani” Grewal, 41, of Modesto, to Supervisor for the 4th District of the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors. On Twitter, Sacramento Bee reporter Jeremy White...
by Dan Bacher
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on Sat Nov 21, 2020 at 07:21 PM PST
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As the expansion of oil and gas drilling begun under Governor Jerry Brown continues in California, Governor Gavin Newsom yesterday signed into law a state budget that allocates $1.5 million for “a study to identify strategies to decrease demand and...
by Dan Bacher
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on Fri Jun 28, 2019 at 02:09 PM PDT
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MEMPHIS, TN — One year and 104 days later, misdemeanor cases against four persons who dramatically blocked the movement of oil at the Valero Refinery on MLK Day 2017 are over.
Shelby County Division III Criminal Court Judge Bobby Carter rejected...
by FreeSpeechZone
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on Mon Apr 30, 2018 at 06:03 PM PDT
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Remember in the State of the Union address , when the President wheedled the Congress to pass a comprehensive infrastructure construction bill instead of wasting so much time ...
by owsleyskid
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on Sat Jan 24, 2015 at 01:53 PM PST
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The state and federal governments have been in collusion with Big Oil in California for decades - and people concerned about the future of fish, wildlife and the oceans are fed up with the fact that Southern California's oceans were fracked at least...
by Dan Bacher
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on Thu Nov 13, 2014 at 11:45 AM PST
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Blog post by Ethan Buckner ( @ethanbuckner ), US Organizer, ForestEthics
5th Annual Tar Sands Healing Walk, Fort McMurray, Alberta. Photo: Ethan Buckner, ForestEthics
Last weekend, I traveled ...
by ForestEthics
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on Sun Jul 06, 2014 at 05:04 PM PDT
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Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog
Only Barack Obama knows the fate of the northern half of TransCanada’s Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. But in the meantime, TransCanada is preparing the southern ...
by Steve Horn
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on Wed Dec 18, 2013 at 12:56 PM PST
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A DeSmogBlog investigation revealsEnvironmental Resources Management, Inc. (ERM Group), the contractor that performed the environmental review for TransCanada’s Keystone XL tar sands export ...
by Steve Horn
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on Thu Jul 18, 2013 at 08:16 AM PDT
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The explosion earlier this month at the fertilizer plant in West, Texas, that killed 11 first responders and three nearby residents is a warning to community members that they too may fall victim to ...
by Leo W Gerard
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on Wed May 01, 2013 at 05:54 AM PDT
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Location, location, location; please ignore the death and destruction... Federal mandate to remove idle oil rigs should be reconsidered. Half of Alaska Petroleum Reserve off limits. Survey says? ...
by Lorinda Pike
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on Tue Aug 14, 2012 at 03:24 PM PDT
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For years, the United Steelworkers union has pressured oil refiners to fix serious hazards and take real steps to improve refinery safety. We’ve suggested standards for reporting incidents at ...
by Gary Beevers
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on Thu May 12, 2011 at 07:33 AM PDT
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For years, the United Steelworkers union has pressured oil refiners to fix serious hazards and take real steps to improve refinery safety. We’ve suggested standards for reporting incidents at ...
by Gary Beevers
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on Thu May 12, 2011 at 07:17 AM PDT
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