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, 2013Fuel, Business, Logistics, Government
Diesel Price Dips 0.4¢ 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’s only upturns in the past three months, the Department of Energy reported Dec. 9.
December 16, 2013Government, Business
EPA Announces $4 Million Program to Replace Older Diesel Engines at Ports
Business, Fuel
Diesel’s Average to Decline Next Year, DOE Says
Diesel fuel’s average price will drop 15 cents next year to $3.77 a gallon from this year’s projected $3.92 average, the Department of Energy said Dec. 10.
December 11, 2013Government, Business, Equipment
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 “misinterpreted†by the industry, the city’s environmental legislative director said.
December 10, 2013Business, Fuel
Diesel Dips 0.4¢ 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, 2013Business, Fuel
Diesel Price Rises 3.9¢
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, 2013Government, Fuel
Blumenauer Seeks 15-Cent Diesel Tax Increase
WASHINGTON — 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’s main source of transportation funding.
December 5, 2013Government
EPA Calls for Flat Production in Biodiesel Through 2015
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed keeping the national volume requirement of biodiesel production at the 2013 level of 1.28 billion gallons a year through 2015, the agency said in the Federal Register.
December 3, 2013Business, Fuel
Diesel Takes Second Straight Increase; Gas Sees First Drop in 3 Weeks
Diesel’s national average price rose for a second straight week, gaining 3.9 cents to $3.883 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported Dec. 2.
December 3, 2013Business
Nat Gas, Biodiesel Tax Credits to Expire Unless Congress Acts Before Year’s End
Two federal tax incentives created to help promote the use of natural gas and biodiesel in the trucking industry will expire Dec. 31 if Congress does not act to renew them.
December 2, 2013