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WASHINGTON — Many Americans still aren’t sold on going electric for their next car purchase. High prices and a lack of charging stations are major sticking points, a new poll shows.

Routine fuel tax increases take effect July 1 in California, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Virginia, while an effort to boost fuel taxes and fees on EVs is causing controversy in New Jersey.

The national average diesel price extended its downward movement, shedding 3.2 cents a gallon to $3.726, according to Energy Information Administration data released June 3.

U.S. diesel demand plummeted to its lowest seasonal level in 26 years in March, driven by slowing economic growth.

OPEC+ is pressing on with informal talks aimed at finalizing an agreement on oil output cuts this weekend, officials said.

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and 22 other Democratic senators are calling on the Department of Justice to “use every tool” at its disposal to prevent and prosecute alleged collusion and price-fixing in the oil industry.

Canada’s Alberta province has provided an Agri-Processing Investment Tax Credit to Imperial Oil Ltd. for a C$720 million project to build the nation’s largest renewable diesel facility. 

ConocoPhillips is buying Marathon Oil in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $17.1 billion as energy prices rise and big oil companies reap massive profits.

The national average diesel price dropped 3.1 cents to reach $3.758, its lowest point in more than two years, according to Energy Information Administration data on May 27.

U.S. pipeline giant Energy Transfer LP has reached a deal to buy WTG Midstream through a deal valued at about $3.25 billion.