Article: Clean Air Trust: Oil Companies Make Nearly $15 Billion In Second- Quarter Profits

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by Clean Air Trust

CLEAN AIR BULLETIN

Oil Companies Make Nearly $15 Billion In Second-Quarter Profits

TO: EDITORS AND REPORTERS COVERING THE ENVIRONMENT

FROM: Frank O'Donnell

DATE: August 9, 2000

Most big oil companies continue to oppose efforts to clean up dirty diesel fuel. Too costly, they insist. They also claim they were the helpless victims of "market forces" that drove up gas prices earlier this summer.

What do you think? Please note that these 12 companies alone made nearly $15 billion in profits in the second quarter of this year alone -- about quadruple what they collectively would have to spend cleaning ...

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