Diesel Drops 1.8¢ to $2.296 a Gallon
After rising for the first time in three months last week, retail diesel resumed its downward trend, falling 1.8 cents to $2.296 a gallon while gasoline rose for the third straight week, the Department of Energy said Wednesday.
January 22, 2009Cummins Emissions Unit Sets Partnership; Will Close Wisconsin Plant
Cummins Inc. unit Cummins Emission Solutions said it will partner with a technology company for 2010 engine controls and that it will close a Wisconsin plant.
January 21, 2009EPA Won’t Delay 2010 Engine Rule
A top U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official said last week that the agency has “absolutely no intention” of granting the request by truck and engine manufacturer Navistar Inc. for a two-year delay in implementing 2010 federal diesel emission standards for new heavy trucks.
January 19, 2009Diesel Average Rises 2.3¢
The average price of U.S. retail diesel fuel rose last week for the first time in more than three months, inching up 2.3 cents a gallon to $2.314, the Department of Energy reported.
January 19, 2009Oil Closes Week Below $37 a Barrel
Crude oil rose more than $1 Friday but closed the week below $37 a barrel, Bloomberg reported.
January 16, 2009EPA Pick Is ‘Open’ to Carbon Tax
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate Lisa Jackson said she was “open to discussion” of a carbon tax to limit greenhouse gas emissions and would immediately begin a review of the Bush administration’s denial of California’s request to regulate those emissions from automobiles.
January 16, 2009Cold Weather Causing More Biodiesel Problems in Minn.
The Bloomington, Minn., School District closed all of its schools Thursday because biodiesel fuel gelled and clogged in the district's buses, the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star-Tribune reported.
January 16, 2009CPI Falls 0.7% in December; Gained 0.1% for Year
Consumer prices fell 0.7% in December led by declining energy costs and slowing the declines of previous months, the Labor Department said Friday.
January 16, 2009DOE Drops ’09 Diesel Price Projection to $2.27 a Gallon
Diesel fuel will average $2.27 a gallon this year and $2.54 in 2010, down substantially from previous projections, the Department of Energy said Tuesday.
January 13, 2009Diesel Rises for Second Time in Six Months
Diesel fuel’s nationwide average price rose 2.3 cents to $2.314 a gallon, marking just the second increase in six months, while gasoline jumped a dime, the Department of Energy said Monday.
January 13, 2009