Diesel slid less than a penny for a second straight week, declining 0.8 cent to $3.871 a gallon, while gasoline fell 3 cents in its third straight drop, the Department of Energy reported Dec. 16.
December 17, 2013Letters to the EditorBusinessFuel
Letters: D.C.鈥檚 Diesel Ban
December 23, 2013
BusinessFuel
Diesel Dips 0.8垄 to $3.871; Gasoline Falls for 3rd Week
Diesel dipped less than a penny for a second week, declining 0.8 cent to a national average of $3.871 a gallon, and gasoline fell 3 cents to $3.239, its third straight drop, the Department of Energy reported Dec. 16.
December 23, 2013FuelBusinessLogisticsGovernment
Diesel Price Dips 0.4垄 to $3.879, Resumes Slide After Two Gains
U.S. diesel prices dipped 0.4 cent to a national average of $3.879 a gallon, ending two weeks of increases that were the fuel鈥檚 only upturns in the past three months, the Department of Energy reported Dec. 9.
December 16, 2013GovernmentBusiness
EPA Announces $4 Million Program to Replace Older Diesel Engines at Ports
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it has made $4 million available for ports to replace older diesel engines with newer cleaner-burning engines.
December 12, 2013BusinessFuel
Diesel鈥檚 Average to Decline Next Year, DOE Says
Diesel fuel鈥檚 average price will drop 15 cents next year to $3.77 a gallon from this year鈥檚 projected $3.92 average, the Department of Energy said Dec. 10.
December 11, 2013GovernmentBusinessEquipment
D.C. Bill Would Not Ban Diesel Trucks, City Says
A bill that trucking industry stakeholders have said would ban the registration of new diesel vehicles in the District of Columbia beginning in 2018 was 鈥渕isinterpreted鈥 by the industry, the city鈥檚 environmental legislative director said.
December 10, 2013BusinessFuel
Diesel Dips 0.4垄 to $3.879 a Gallon; Gasoline Also Declines
Diesel dipped 0.4 cent to $3.879 a gallon, stemming two weeks of increases that were the only upturns in the past three months, the Department of Energy reported Dec. 9.
December 10, 2013BusinessFuel
Diesel Price Rises 3.9垄
U.S. retail diesel prices rose for a second straight week, with the national average gaining 3.9 cents to $3.883 a gallon, while gasoline declined, the Department of Energy reported Dec. 2.
December 9, 2013GovernmentFuel
Blumenauer Seeks 15-Cent Diesel Tax Increase
WASHINGTON 鈥 An Oregon congressman has introduced legislation that would nearly double federal taxes on diesel and gasoline to fill a widening shortfall in the federal government鈥檚 main source of transportation funding.
December 5, 2013