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Transport Topics fuel coverage looks closely at what powers trucks. From the latest on battery, diesel and alternative fuel technology to the costs and prices associated with each, this news category covers today’s fuel ecosystem extensively. Topics include green house gas regulation, fuel prices, equipment costs, fuel infrastructure, surcharge and more.

Business, Fuel

Exxon Puts $1 Million Into Hunt for Carbon Tax and Rebate

Exxon Mobil Corp. is putting $1 million into a political campaign that, if successful, would effectively spawn a tax tied to the company’s core products.

October 9, 2018

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Business, Fuel

Love’s Offers Private Label DEF in Consumer Packaging

Love’s Travel Stops now offers its own private-label diesel exhaust fluid in a 2½-gallon container for auto diesel customers and professional truck drivers.

October 9, 2018
Business, Fuel

Natso Launches Management Service Tied to Renewable Fuels Standard

Natso, the national association representing the travel plaza and truck stop industry, and its newly launched Alternative Fuels Council initiated a renewable identification numbers management service Oct. 1.

October 9, 2018
Government, Business, Fuel, Editorial

Editorial: Continuing to Do Business

Keeping trade moving among the United States, Mexico and Canada helps keep the wheels turning for U.S.-based operations.

October 4, 2018
Government, Fuel

California May Make a Formal Counter to Trump on Car, Truck Emissions

California is considering a formal, public counter-proposal to President Donald Trump’s proposed rollback of fuel and pollution requirements for cars and trucks.

John Lippert | Bloomberg News
October 4, 2018
Government, Business, Fuel

Michigan, Canadian Pipeline Company Reach Agreement

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s administration and Canadian pipeline giant Enbridge have agreed to replace twin 65-year-old crude oil pipes in a channel linking two of the Great Lakes with another that would run through a tunnel far below the lake bed.

John Flesher | Associated Press
October 3, 2018
Government, Fuel

Troubled $4.6 Billion Shale Pipe Hits New Snag on Ruling

A $4.6 billion shale gas pipeline that already has been delayed by about a year is facing another setback after a court vacated a key permit.

Rachel Adams-Heard | Bloomberg News
October 3, 2018
Business, Fuel, TCA

Shipping Costs for Liquefied Natural Gas Expected to Rise

Liquefied natural gas shipping costs will increase, driven by rising charter rates, higher fuel costs and the growth in interbasin trade flows, according to estimations by Fitch Solutions Macro Research.

Leman Zeynalova | Trend News Agency
October 2, 2018
Business, Fuel

Shell, Partners Announce $31 Billion LNG Canada Investment

Royal Dutch Shell and its partners announced an agreement to invest in a multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas project in western Canada — the largest of its kind in years that will carve out the fastest route to Asia for North American gas.

October 2, 2018
Government, Business, Fuel

Diesel Spikes 4.2¢ to $3.313 a Gallon

The U.S. average retail price of diesel spiked 4.2 cents to $3.313 a gallon as oil prices climbed to levels not seen in four years. Besides oil prices being at a four-year high, diesel is at its highest price since Dec. 15, 2014, when it was $3.419.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
October 1, 2018