Consumer Watchdog Report Shows Keystone XL Will Raise American Gas Prices
Santa Monica, CA — Following a Nebraska court’s ruling that the Keystone XL pipeline can be built, the nonprofit Consumer Watchdog said the issue should be moot for the Obama administration, the...
View ArticleSacramento Judge Rejects Boeing’s Bid to Demolish and Dispose of Radioactive...
CEQA Case Against Top Toxics Regulators Brought by Public Interest Groups Over Santa Susana Field Lab To Go To Trial Santa Monica, CA — Sacramento Superior Court has denied Boeing’s motion for summary...
View ArticleTop Toxics Regulator Levies No Fines On Exide For Fresh Violations In Signal...
Santa Monica, CA — Far from turning over a new leaf, the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) listed eight violations inspectors discovered at Exide Technologies’ lead battery recycling...
View ArticleTwo Refineries Down, Gas Prices Up: Consumer Watchdog Calls For On-Site...
Santa Monica, CA—Responding to a shutdown of two refineries that produce 16 percent of the state’s gasoline, Consumer Watchdog called on state officials to send independent inspectors to verify...
View ArticleSomething Stinks and It’s Refineries
Today’s explosion at the Torrance refinery couldn’t come at a better time—for refiners interested in driving up the price of gas. That’s why we are calling for the California Attorney General,...
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ALERT: Los Angeles Gas Spot Price Rises A Quarter Since Tuesday’s Refinery...
Santa Monica, CA – Consumer Watchdog announced today that spot gas prices in Los Angeles have risen 25 cents since Tuesday when an explosion rocked Exxon’s Torrance refinery, according to the Energy...
View ArticleALERT: California Gas Prices Up More Than 50 Cents Since Tesoro Martinez...
Santa Monica, CA – Consumer Watchdog said today that the retail price per gallon of gas in California has soared 53 cents between February 2, when Tesoro began shutting down its refinery in Martinez,...
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ALERT: CA Refinery Profits Fatten On 60-Cent Gas Price Spike Since Shutdowns...
Santa Monica, CA—California refinery shutdowns and slowdowns are boosting refinery profit margins by as much as 72 percent, according to a key indicator called “crack spreads,” Consumer Watchdog said...
View ArticleExxon Misrepresents Torrance Refinery Safety Record and Explosion’s Effect on...
Santa Monica, CA —Exxon misrepresented its safety record at its Torrance refinery to lawmakers at a public hearing at Torrance City Hall last week, suggesting its February 18 explosion and fire was...
View ArticleConsumer Watchdog Calls for Defunding or Major Reform of Top Toxics Regulator...
Santa Monica, CA — Consumer Watchdog today asked Governor Jerry Brown and top lawmakers to defund the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) or reform it from top to bottom, in the wake of the...
View ArticleCalifornians Paid $550 Million Extra During February’s Gasoline Price Spike;...
Santa Monica, CA — At a California State Senate hearing on February gasoline price spikes, Consumer Watchdog issued a report finding that California oil refiners have about half as much gasoline on...
View ArticleCalifornia Gasoline Prices Spike 28 Cents In One Week, 89 Cents More Than...
Santa Monica, CA – Consumer Watchdog today said that a price spike of 28 cents per gallon at the pump over the last week was likely caused by a refinery outage or other refinery problems that the...
View ArticleNew Report: Oil Refiners’ Profits Spike With Gasoline Price Spikes
San Francisco, CA — Consumer Watchdog published a new report today, “Refining Profits: How Californians Get Fleeced At The Pump,” showing that oil refiners have made large profits from gasoline price...
View ArticleTesoro CEO Admits Refinery “Disruption” and Shutdowns = Big Profits, Echoing...
Santa Monica, CA — On a call with investors today, Gregory Goff, the CEO of Tesoro admitted refinery shutdowns and “disruptions” led to big profits on the oil company’s bottom line in the first...
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West Coast Oil Companies Exported Record Amount of Gasoline to Foreign...
Santa Monica, CA – Oil companies exported more gasoline from the West Coast to foreign nations in the month of December 2014 than ever in the nation’s history, according to Energy Information...
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