California takes the lead on curbing Big Oil price gouging

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By Blanca BegertApr 3, 2023, 10:30 am172 pts
Spiking gas prices, spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and oil industry profits of $200 billion prompted widespread calls last year for price gouging investigations. President Biden even threatened to impose a windfall tax on Big Oil if it didn’t invest some of those record profits into lowering…

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