Diesel’s national average retail price rose for a fourth week, climbing 2 cents to $2.924 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported.
March 16, 2010GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuelEquipment
Transportation Bill Should Have Freight Component, Report Says
Congress should include comprehensive funding policies in the upcoming transportation reauthorization bill both to modernize freight transportation and reduce diesel emissions, an environmental group said in a new report.
March 16, 2010GovernmentBusinessFuelAutonomous
SoCal Port Trucks Falling Short in Gate Moves
While the air at the Port of Los Angeles is cleaner, the owners of than two-thirds of the 2,200 drayage trucks purchased with $20,000 in port emissions reduction incentive grants face financial penalties because their trucks will not make the required minimum 300 gate moves during their first year of operation, port officials said.
March 16, 2010BusinessFuel
Renewable Energy Acquires Two Biodiesel Plants
Renewable Energy Group has acquired two biodiesel plants, making it North America's largest biodiesel manufacturer, the company said.
March 15, 2010GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuel
DOT to Drop Diesel, Paint from Hazmat Transport List
The Transportation Department announced last week it will drop some materials, including paint and diesel fuel, from the list of substances the agency considers dangerous enough to require hazmat motor carriers to file detailed security plans.
March 15, 2010BusinessFuelGovernment
Diesel Fuel Up for Third Week To Highest Level Since Nov. ’08
The average price for retail diesel rose for a third straight week, this time by 4.3 cents to $2.904 a gallon, to the highest level since November 2008, the Department of Energy reported.
March 15, 2010BusinessFuel
DOE Sees Diesel Climbing Toward $3 a Gallon
Diesel will average $2.96 a gallon this year and $3.14 in 2011, the Department of Energy said, about in line with a previous forecast.
March 9, 2010BusinessFuel
Diesel Climbs for Third Week, Rising 4.3¢ to $2.904
Diesel’s national average pump price rose for the third straight week, increasing 4.3 cents to $2.904 a gallon, the Department of Energy said.
March 9, 2010BusinessFuel
Gasoline Gains 9.6¢ to $2.73 a Gallon, Lundberg Says
Gasoline’s national average price rose 9.6 cents in the past two weeks to $2.73 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday.
March 8, 2010Letters to the EditorBusinessSafetyGovernmentFuel
Letters: Port Battles, Telemarketers, Carbon Footprint, Sleep Apnea, Buy American
Who is paying the legal costs for the Port of Los Angeles to pursue the “employee only” model? How much taxpayer money is being wasted on a lost cause that has been reviewed and re-reviewed in the courts?
March 8, 2010