Cheaper, Cleaner Energy

To keep our society running, we need to fight for affordable electricity and gasoline. To keep our planet running, we need to aggressively pursue alternative fuels. Cheap and clean energy is essential and Consumer Watchdog keeps an eye on the power companies that too often stand in the way.

Our research has exposed price gouging by oil companies, market manipulation by energy traders and the failure of electricity deregulation. Consumer Watchdog's blog OilWatchdog is a leading oil industry critic and aggregator of smoking guns, economic analyses and alternative fuels advocacy. We also keep a close eye on the money spent for political influence by the oil industry.

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Recent Articles:

Gasoline Prices Fall In U.S. But Edge Up In California, Raising Concern

By Ronald D. White, LOS ANGELES TIMES
December 30, 2008

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California Energy Board Seeks To Put Remedy for 'Hot Fuel' Ripoff in Deep Freeze -- Group Calls for Immediate Fix

CONTACT:Judy Dugan, 213-280-0175 cell or 310-392-0522 x305; or Jamie Court, x327
December 4, 2008

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Warmer Weather Means Less Gas In Your Tank

By David R. Baker, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
December 4, 2008

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Big Oil: We Told You So

By Steve Hargreaves, CNNMONEY.COM
November 18, 2008

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Recent Posts in Cheaper, Cleaner Energy:

Oil Watchdog: Pump price up, a penny a day

 

Israel doesn't produce a drop of oil, but that hasn't stopped the price of crude oil and gasoline from rising sharply in the last week. (As far as speculative markets are concerned, any armed conflict in the Middle East is good enough.) According to the federal Energy Information Administration, pump prices for regular gasoline are up 7 cents nationwide for the week, to $1.684. California's pump price is up 6.4 cents a gallon for the week, and up 15 cents since Dec. 15.

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Oil Watchdog: Mini-Me speculative frenzy

Remember those crazy gyrations of crude oil prices last spring and summer? Price gyrations of nearly 10% in a day for no economically rational reason, as crude oil marched to $145 a barrel (and gasoline was $4 and up a gallon)? The turn of the year brought the Mini-Me version of the same, at lower stakes. It's a reminder that the new administration can't dawdle on regulating energy markets.

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Oil Watchdog: Oil platforms are forever

With a new administration a few weeks from office, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in opposition, the likelihood of new offshore oil rigs popping up along the California coast may seem slim. But never underestimate the lobbying power of oil. The San Francisco Chronicle today offers a chilling overview of how much coastal area the industry covets. There's a map as well (below the jump), showing where companies would like to put their rigs--mostly within sight of land, because that's where the oil is...

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Oil Watchdog: Petroleum's Happy Holiday

 

The White House giveaways have been so fast and furious that they're hard to track. But here are two recent tales and a bracingly funny video that round up the oil industry's lame-duck season of loot--our stockings may be empty, but not Exxon's (and friends').

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Oil Watchdog: Chevron's Perfect Match

 

It's great to see a story that puts together the scathing investigative criticism of the Defense Department's torture-enabling former chief counsel, William Haynes, and Haynes' new job as chief counsel for Chevron Corp. A report today by Andrew Ross of the San Francisco Chronicle doesn't delve into Chevron's own human-rights problems, but Ross quotes Haynes' amoral defense of approving the torture of American military prisoners.

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