Tag: Oil Refiners
CA’s Big 5 Oil Refiner Profits Top $26 Billion, $1 Per Gallon; Watchdog To Make Case For Profits Disclosure Bill And Windfall Profits Tax To Assembly Gas Pricing Committee
Los Angeles, CA— A review of California’s five big oil refiners’ investor reports from the second quarter shows unprecedented, windfall profits that top $1 per gallon. ...
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Elias: Oil, Gas Costing Us More Than We Thought
Column by Thomas Elias, THE COAST NEWS August 3, 2022 https://thecoastnews.com/elias-oil-gas-costing-us-more-than-we-thought/ The idea that oil companies and gasoline refiners could gouge Californians — and other...
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Watchdog Tells CA Assembly Select Committee State’s Pain at Pump Requires New Oversight, Excess Profits Tax, New Price-gouging Standards and Update to Anti-trust Laws
Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court called on the California Assembly Select Committee on Gasoline Supply and Pricing to look to the...
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Second Quarter Permits To Fix Oil Wells Skyrocket As Groups Protest Leaking Oil Wells at CalGEM
By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS July 14, 2022 https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/7/14/2110208/-Second-Quarter-Permits-To-Fix-Oil-Wells-Skyrocket-As-Groups-Protest-Leaking-Oil-Wells-at-CalGEM On Wednesday, dozens of community residents and environmental justice advocates from the Last Chance Alliance and VISION blocked the entrance...
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2nd Quarter Permits To Fix Oil Wells Skyrocket As Groups Urge Newsom To Mandate Plugging Old Leaky Wells To Protect Public Health
Los Angeles, CA — State approvals for permits to fix or deepen existing oil wells skyrocketed in the second quarter by 124% over the same...
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The Observer: Proposed Law Requiring Oil Refiners To Disclose Profits Is Only First Step
Opinion Column by Jim Shields, THE WILLITS NEWS July 2, 2022 The Observer: Proposed law requiring oil refiners to disclose profits is only first step...
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KCBS TV-2 Los Angeles, CA: Legislation To Force Big Oil To Open Their Books Passes CA Legislature
Legislation Requiring Oil Refiners To Disclose Profits Per Gallon Monthly Clears CA Assembly Natural Resources Committee
Los Angeles, CA – A bill requiring oil refiners to disclose their per gallon profits monthly passed out of the California Assembly Natural Resources Committee...
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SB 1322 (Allen) Addresses Pain At The Pump
Monday, in the Natural Resources Committee, California Assembly Members will have the opportunity to answer the top question on their constituents’ minds: why is the...
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Oil Industry Stops Bill Banning Oil Drilling In CA Waters From Moving Forward
By Dan Bacher, INDYBAY June 12, 2022 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/06/12/18850414.php California oil and gas regulators have approved 150 offshore drilling permits in state waters since January 1,...
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58 California Legislators Have Taken Over $10,000 In ‘Dirty Donations’
By Dan Bacher, INDYBAY June 12, 2022 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/06/12/18850413.php A May 2022 update to its Tracking the Dirty Dollars Project by Sierra Club California provides some...
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