Friend,

As we were emerging from the pandemic in 2022, Big Oil raked in billions
of dollars, making more profits than ever before or since.(1)

That same year, Americans paid the steepest gas prices ever at the
pump.(2)

Now a new investigation from the Federal Trade Commission shows this was
no accident. It was a crime.(3)

[ [link removed] ]The FTC just caught Big Oil CEO Scott Sheffield red-handed, colluding
with other oil execs to fix prices and gouge consumers. That’s why Courage
California has joined a coalition of organizations demanding the
Department of Justice investigate Sheffield and hold him to account. Will
you sign our petition?

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As the former CEO of Pioneer Natural Resources, Sheffield publicly
admitted in the wake of the pandemic that he wanted keep oil production
and profits for his company high.

But, when Exxon sought permission to merge with Pioneer, the FTC found
Sheffield was even more aggressive in private -- secretly attempting to
collude with world oil CEOs to restrict output and fix prices.

It worked. This Sheffield-led conspiracy cost consumers roughly $200
billion in one year year, translating to thousands of dollars per American
family. And that's not even counting the higher cost of consumer goods
that either contain petroleum or have to be shipped with it.

Let’s be clear: Sheffield isn’t the only problem. Oil companies and other
huge corporations have been gouging consumers for years just because they
can.

But with such bald-faced evidence of Sheffield’s attempted (and seemingly
successful) collusion, it’s critical that the Department of Justice
investigate and hold him to account.

[ [link removed] ]Will you join Courage California in calling on DOJ to investigate and
prosecute Scott Sheffield for a conspiracy to gouge consumers and put
other Big Oil CEOs on notice?

Yours in the fight against corporate abuse!

–Irene, Annie, Angela, Isidra, Mario, Marvin, Alyssa, Jen, and Lindsay
(the Courage team)

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