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Congressional lawmakers are proposing measures that include a suspension of the federal gas tax to stave off soaring prices at the pump, and are considering other remedies to ease inflationary price increases as Congress averted a federal government shutdown by passing a short-term spending measure.

The Biden administration is moving to restore California’s legal power to lead the nation in stifling auto emissions and accelerating the transition to electric vehicles.

Diesel eclipsed $4 a gallon for the first time in nearly eight years, with a 6.8-cent jump pushing the national average to $4.019, according to Energy Information Administration data released Feb. 14.

The U.S. Postal Service is expected in coming days to reaffirm its plan to pay Oshkosh Corp. as much as $6 billion over 10 years to replace an aging fleet of red-white-and blue delivery vans with mostly gasoline-powered models instead of climate-friendly electric vehicles.

Tankers were docked or loading at all seven U.S. liquefied natural gas export terminals for the first time Feb. 12, marking a small piece of industry history and setting up record flows to the plants amid high prices and tensions in Europe.

States are getting the go-ahead to build a nationwide network of electric vehicle charging stations that would place new or upgraded ones every 50 miles along interstate highways as part of the Biden administration’s plan to spur widespread adoption of the zero-emission cars.

WASHINGTON — Some Democratic senators on Feb. 9 called for suspending the federal gas tax for the remainder of the year to help consumers struggling with rising fuel prices.

U.S. oil production will grow even more than the government previously expected as a scorching price rally drives producers to boost drilling.

The national average price for diesel continued its rampage in the new year, surging 10.5 cents to $3.951 a gallon, according to Energy Information Administration data released Feb. 7.