LaHood Rules Out Fuel Tax Increase
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood rejected raising fuel taxes to pay for highway improvements and said that, despite pessimism about the prospects for a long-term highway bill, the administration was focused on completing a bill this year.
July 27, 2010Daily Briefings from Transport Topics
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Diesel Rises 2¢ to $2.919 in First Increase in Six Weeks
Diesel increased after four straight weeks of decline, rising 2 cents to $2.919 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Monday.
July 26, 2010Company Touts EGR Results in ‘Fluid Efficiency’ Test
Fleet managers should consider total “fluid efficiency” when comparing trucks using exhaust gas recirculation engines with those using selective catalytic reduction, truck and engine maker Navistar Inc. said last week.
July 26, 2010Gas Prices Stay at $2.73 a Gallon, Lundberg Says
Gasoline’s national average price rose by less than a cent in the past two weeks to $2.73 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.
July 26, 2010Obama Signs Financial Reform Legislation that Aims to Curb Speculation in Oil, Fuel
President Obama signed into law a financial reform bill that includes provisions aimed at reducing speculative trading in commodities such as crude oil and diesel fuel and limiting the fees that credit-card companies can charge merchants for their services.
July 26, 2010Diesel Dips 0.4¢ to $2.899
U.S. retail diesel prices dipped 0.4 cent last week to $2.899 a gallon, the ninth decrease in the national fuel average during the past 10 weeks, the Department of Energy reported.
July 26, 2010Diesel Dips 0.4¢ to $2.899 a Gallon as Decline Slows
Diesel fell for the fourth straight week and ninth in the past 10, dipping 0.4 cent to $2.899 a gallon, the smallest of its recent declines, the Department of Energy said.
July 19, 2010EPA Seeks More Biodiesel Use by Nation’s Truck Fleet in 2011
The Environmental Protection Agency announced last week it wants the U.S. trucking industry to increase its use of biodiesel to 800 million gallons in 2011 from 650 million gallons this year.
July 19, 2010Massachusetts Suspends 2% Biodiesel Mandate
Massachusetts has indefinitely suspended a mandate that was to take effect July 1 requiring all diesel fuel and heating oil sold there to be 2% biodiesel.
July 19, 2010Diesel Dips 2.1¢ to $2.903, Its Lowest Level in 19 Weeks
U.S. retail fuel prices continued their midsummer slide last week, as the average cost of a gallon of diesel dipped 2.1 cents to $2.903, and gasoline slipped 0.8 cent to $2.718, the Department of Energy reported.
July 19, 2010