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Exxon, Valero profits jump;

The quarterly gains, coming at a time of soaring pump prices, prompt renewed calls for legislative action.Los Angeles Times In California, the…

Drivers’ Pockets Picked to Subsidize Chevron’s New Profit Record, Says Group;

Fuel Refining Margins Zoom, Rest of 1st Q Report Lists Minuses

Arnie’s secret visit;

Schwarzenegger to come to Pasadena Monday for a no-Democrats AARP health care forumPasadena Weekly (California) "If you're an insurance company, you'd have…

ExxonMobil’s Profiteering At Refineries Brings 1st Qtr Record Even As Revenues Fall;

Regulators, Lawmakers Must Step In to Halt Price Gouging, Says Group

Credibility of New Stanford University Energy Research Tainted by ExxonMobil Ties

Schwarzenegger Pulls In Over $500,000 Before High-Priced Fundraiser At Brentwood Home;

$25K from State Farm Departs from Company's Prior Refusal to Donate to Politicians

Arnold Knocks State Farm Off the $ Wagon

Arnold reported raising $512,500 in new campaign contributions over the last two weeks leading up to today's high-priced fundraiser at...

How green is Chevron?

The San Francisco Chronicle Is Chevron really going green? Shareholders, who partook in Chevron's record $17 billion petroleum profit last year, may…

‘Bumbling Petroleum’ (BP) Manages to Halt Record Profit Runs;

Losses Elsewhere Offset by High Gasoline Profits in U.S., Especially West Coast

Greenwashing Fears Raised by Berkeley-BP Initiative

The NewStandard Consumer advocates also demand more public input and transparency in the management of the EBI. John M. Simpson of the…

Calif. Health Reform Bills Would Expand Children’s Coverage, But Shrink From Comprehensive Reform of Industry, Universal Access;

Leaders' New Proposals Narrow "Individual Purchase Mandate," But Still Bow to Private, For-Profit Insurance Industry

What’s Behind All the Bad Press for Health Insurers?

California Healthline "I think things have changed over the past three or four years," says Jerry Flanagan, health care policy director for…

Will Arnold Take on Chevron?

The lawyer from Ecuador who is prosecuting Chevron for its crimes against the Amazon has written Arnold Schwarzenegger, asking the Gov to…

UC Academic Senate Confirms BP Contract

The Berkeley Daily Planet (California) Also on hand for Thursday's votes was John M. Simpson of the Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer…

Academic Senate Calls for BP Deal Oversight

The Daily Californian (Berkeley, CA) John Simpson, the stem cell project director for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, said the…

UC Berkeley biofuels deal stirs debate;

Critics of a $500-million agreement with BP to create a lab at the school raise questions about the influence the oil giant…

BERKELEY: FACULTY PANEL BACKS BIOFUELS DEAL

CBS-TV5 (San Francisco, CA) Playing on the names of the university and the energy company, John Simpson of the Santa Monica-based Foundation…

Arnold’s Fundraising Total Tops $115 Million

Arnold shows no signs of slowing down his prolific fundraising machine, and his total take is now just shy of $115.3 million.…