Will Gasoline Prices Crash the Economy? Again?
Monday’s federal report on gasoline prices is a horror story. The national average price for a gallon of regular spiked seven cents to $3.05 in a week. That’s an all-time record for this time of...
View ArticleConsumer Watchdog Says Rising Gas Prices Are Form Of Highway Robbery
On KFMB-TV Channel 8 in San Diego, CA, Judy Dugan from Consumer Watchdog says rising gas prices are a form of highway robbery.
View ArticleWhy California Drivers Pay More For Gasoline
California appears poised to win a dubious distinction – becoming the first state this year to pay an average of $4 for a gallon of regular gas. California’s average gas price jumped 50 cents in the...
View ArticleNear Record High Gas Prices Not About Unrest In Middle East
On KGTV – ABC Channel 10 in San Diego, CA, Consumer Watchdog’s Jamie Court discusses why the spike in gas prices – especially in California – has nothing to do with civil unrest, and everything to do...
View ArticleGas Prices Keep Soaring As U.S. Fuels Other Countries’ Growth
Petersburg, VA — How high will they go? Gasoline prices, already too high for most people’s liking a month ago, have continued to soar and seem to be closing in inexorably on their record high above $4...
View ArticleOil Drops 14%, Gas Only 3.4% – Fuel Prices Vary Significantly
Oil Drops 14%, Gas Only 3.4% – Fuel Prices Vary Significantly 8/30/2011 By David Smith, ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE In recent weeks, the price of a benchmark crude oil has fallen by double digits, while...
View ArticleTake Action on Gas Prices
Here’s a petition from our ally Public Citizen, calling on federal regulators to quit stalling and rein in the financial speculators who are jacking up gasoline prices. It’s well worth the few seconds...
View ArticleA Lot Less Fuming At The Gas Pump This Time
People aren’t nearly as angry over prices as they were in ’08, for several reasons. Gas prices have soared about 15% in the last six months, hitting $3.94 a gallon average nationwide, and $4.29 in...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Lofty Perch on Gasoline Prices
The rest of the country is happily watching gasoline prices sink as the latest bubble in oil crude prices springs a leak. Except California. Nationally, gasoline prices are down more than 15 cents a...
View ArticleChevron Counts on Jigsaw Puzzle of Safety Regulation to Escape Oversight,...
Explosion, Fire at Aged Richmond Refinery Raises Questions About ‘Culture of Safety’ at Chevron, Lack of Unified Oversight By Regulators Santa Monica, CA — Monday night’s explosion and hours-long fire...
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