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Watchdog Makes Case For Windfall Profits Cap  Sacramento, CA -- California’s four big oil refiners more than doubled their average profit of the last 20 years from California during the...

Consumer Watchdog's president Jamie Court presents testimony to the California Energy Commission on November 29, 2022 about the need for a windfall profits cap, which Governor Newsom has called on the California legislature to enact in a special legislative session starting December 5, 2022.

More than six in ten California voters support a proposal to impose a windfall profits cap and price gouging rebate on oil refiners for the abnormally higher gas prices...

Los Angeles, CA—As a ban on permit approvals for oil drilling near vulnerable communities looms on January 1, oil drillers seeking to overturn the ban have received 86 permits...

With California’s five big oil refiner third quarter profits reports complete, a Consumer Watchdog review shows that four of the five together posted 30% higher profits per gallon from gasoline sold on the West Coast than anywhere else in the nation or world.

Los Angeles, CA — A landmark new package of laws expanding and reforming the broken bottle deposit system could increase consumer access to bottle deposit refunds if the rules...