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Fuel-Efficiency Focus Should Be on Tractors, Engines, Rather Than Trailers, ATA Says

Federal transportation officials considering fuel-efficiency standards for heavy trucks should concentrate their early regulatory efforts on engines and tractors, not trailers, American Trucking Associations said.

August 2, 2010

LaHood Rules Out Fuel Tax Increase

WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood rejected raising fuel taxes to pay for highway improvements and said that, despite pessimism about the prospects for a long-term highway bill, the administration was focused on completing a bill this year.

July 27, 2010

Company Touts EGR Results in ‘Fluid Efficiency’ Test

Fleet managers should consider total “fluid efficiency” when comparing trucks using exhaust gas recirculation engines with those using selective catalytic reduction, truck and engine maker Navistar Inc. said last week.

July 26, 2010

Gas Prices Stay at $2.73 a Gallon, Lundberg Says

Gasoline’s national average price rose by less than a cent in the past two weeks to $2.73 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.

July 26, 2010

Diesel Rises 2¢ to $2.919 in First Increase in Six Weeks

Diesel increased after four straight weeks of decline, rising 2 cents to $2.919 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Monday.

July 26, 2010

Obama Signs Financial Reform Legislation that Aims to Curb Speculation in Oil, Fuel

President Obama signed into law a financial reform bill that includes provisions aimed at reducing speculative trading in commodities such as crude oil and diesel fuel and limiting the fees that credit-card companies can charge merchants for their services.

July 26, 2010

Diesel Dips 0.4¢ to $2.899

U.S. retail diesel prices dipped 0.4 cent last week to $2.899 a gallon, the ninth decrease in the national fuel average during the past 10 weeks, the Department of Energy reported.

July 26, 2010

Diesel Dips 0.4¢ to $2.899 a Gallon as Decline Slows

Diesel fell for the fourth straight week and ninth in the past 10, dipping 0.4 cent to $2.899 a gallon, the smallest of its recent declines, the Department of Energy said.

July 19, 2010

Massachusetts Suspends 2% Biodiesel Mandate

Massachusetts has indefinitely suspended a mandate that was to take effect July 1 requiring all diesel fuel and heating oil sold there to be 2% biodiesel.

July 19, 2010