Diesel fuel’s national average price fell by a dime to $2.515 a gallon, while gasoline fell 11.2 cents to near a five-year low, the Department of Energy said Monday.
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Diesel Slips 10¢ to $2.515
The average retail price of U.S. diesel fuel dropped for the 10th consecutive week, the Department of Energy reported, but the gap between diesel and gasoline price reached the widest spread since the agency began publishing diesel prices in 1994.
December 15, 2008
TT's Seth Clevenger, Michael Freeze and Keiron Greenhalgh break down what ACT Expo revealed about trucking's road to sustainability.
Urea Supply Will Be Ample, OEMs, Truck Stops Predict
Truck manufacturers and truck-stop chains said their customers would find adequate supplies of urea around the nation when new heavy-duty diesel engines that utilize selective catalytic conversion hit the road in 2010 models.
December 15, 2008Top Environment Appointments Seen for Browner, NJ’s Jackson
President-elect Barack Obama reportedly has settled on an experienced team to lead in environmental and energy policy areas, including two women reasonably well-known in trucking circles.
December 15, 2008Obama Chooses Heads of DOE, EPA
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen the Nobel-prize-winning head of a California research institute and a former New Jersey environmental official to fill his cabinet positions heading the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, Bloomberg reported Thursday.
December 11, 2008California Eyes Requiring Particulate Filters on All Heavy Trucks
California regulators are considering a first-in-the-nation plan that would require almost all privately owned heavy-duty trucks in the state to install particulate filters to reduce soot emissions by 85%, the San Jose Mercury News reported Thursday.
December 11, 2008Diesel to Average Below $2.50 Next Year, DOE Says
On-highway diesel fuel will average $2.47 a gallon next year, $1.33 less than this year and 26 cents lower than a previous forecast, the Department of Energy said Tuesday.
December 9, 2008Navistar Says ‘Coalition’ Grows To Ease 2010 Emissions Rule
A Navistar Inc. spokesman said that a “coalition is building” around the company’s call to the incoming Obama administration to ease 2010 emissions mandates, but the Environmental Protection Agency said its tightened standards would go into effect without delays.
December 8, 2008E&MU: Warming to Global Engines
Volvo AB and Daimler AG are producing global heavy-duty engine platforms for use in North America, Europe and Asia, and other manufacturers plan to introduce their own versions, pushed by converging emission regulations, the need to reduce research and development costs and to take advantage of economies of scale, according to industry analysts and executives.
December 8, 2008Diesel Prices Continue to Fall
Diesel fuel prices continued to slide last week, with the U.S. average falling 4.9 cents to $2.615 a gallon, according to the Department of Energy.
December 8, 2008