Diesel fuel will average $2.27 a gallon this year and $2.54 in 2010, down substantially from previous projections, the Department of Energy said Tuesday.
January 13, 2009BusinessFuelGovernment
CPI Falls 0.7% in December; Gained 0.1% for Year
Consumer prices fell 0.7% in December led by declining energy costs and slowing the declines of previous months, the Labor Department said Friday.
January 16, 2009FuelBusinessGovernment
Diesel Rises for Second Time in Six Months
Diesel fuel鈥檚 nationwide average price rose 2.3 cents to $2.314 a gallon, marking just the second increase in six months, while gasoline jumped聽a dime, the Department of Energy said Monday.
January 13, 2009GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuel
Emissions Alert Mandated By EPA Rule
The Environmental Protection Agency, as proposed, has formally required new heavy trucks to have warning lights that indicate when engine emission controls are malfunctioning or deteriorating, starting in 2010.
January 12, 2009FuelBusinessSafetyGovernmentLogistics
Panel Urges Fuel Tax Hikes
WASHINGTON 鈥 A national commission studying transportation infrastructure funding is set to recommend that Congress raise fuel taxes now but eventually replace them with levies based on miles traveled.
January 12, 2009BusinessFuelTechnologyEquipmentSafety
EPA Warns of Possible Dioxins In Cummins鈥 2010 SCR System
The Environmental Protection Agency said it is concerned that emissions systems using a copper compound that engine maker Cummins Inc. will use in 2010 models could generate 鈥渓ikely human carcinogen鈥 dioxins, in which case it would 鈥渓ikely not certify鈥 the systems.
January 12, 2009GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuel
Diesel Price Dips for 14th Straight Week, but Gasoline Rises
The U.S. retail diesel average declined 3.6 cents to $2.291 a gallon last week, the 14th consecutive drop, but analysts warned that fleets鈥 fuel costs are poised to start rising again.
January 12, 2009FuelBusinessGovernment
Diesel Drops 3.6垄 to $2.291; Gasoline Rises 7.1垄 to $1.684
The average nationwide pump price of diesel fuel fell 3.6 cents to $2.291 a gallon, while gasoline rose for the first time in 16 weeks, the Department of Energy said Monday.
January 6, 2009BusinessFuel
Isuzu to Use SCR to Meet U.S. 2010 Standards
Isuzu Commercial Truck of America said it will use selective catalytic reduction technology to meet U.S. 2010 nitrous oxide emissions standards.
January 5, 2009GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuel
Letters to the Editor: California Filters, Medical Certificates, Broker Legislation, HOS Challenge
We have to stop going to California; that鈥檚 the bottom line. First, they (the ports) put emission standards on who could go into the ports in the Los Angeles area.
January 5, 2009