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June Fuel Update: Prices Continue to Fall
While prices have continued to decline for four straight weeks, the next weeks don't look as promising.
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NEW YORK, NY – Environmental Defense, a nonprofit organization seeking cost-effective solutions to environmental problems, has compiled its first “Top 10 List of Green Corporate Initiatives,” recognizing businesses that have adopted “green” practices and technologies in 2006 that can also improve their bottom line.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. – The EPA has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to require Onboard Diagnostic (OBD) systems on heavy-duty engines used in highway vehicles weighing over 14,000 pounds.
Read More →DETROIT, MI – General Motors Corp. said Jan. 9 that it will offer a hybrid version of the redesigned Malibu sedan in the beginning of next year.
Read More →SAUDI ARABIA --- Ali al-Naimi, Saudi Arabia's oil minister and OPEC's most authoritative voice, this week rejected calls for an emergency OPEC meeting to address declining crude oil prices.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The Energy Department reported that for the week ending Jan. 5, crude oil inventories declined by 5 million barrels. At the same time, total gasoline inventories rose by 3.8 million barrels, including an increase of 1.6 million barrels in blending components.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline for Jan. 8 fell 2.8 cents to $2.306 per gallon. Prices are now 2.1 cents per gallon lower than at this time last year, reported the Energy Department's Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Read More →BENTONVILLE, Ark. --- The nation's biggest retailer, Wal-Mart, is partnering with auto component supplier ArvinMeritor to develop a diesel-electric hybrid truck.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Governors of 37 states this week asked the federal government for a new rule to mandate ethanol use. At present, engine warranties limit ethanol use to 10 percent. The group of governors wants a new rule that would call for 25 percent ethanol by 2025.
Read More →DEXTER, Mo. --- Plans call for a new $5 million biodiesel plant that will use chicken fat waste produced at a nearby Tyson Foods poultry plant.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. – With new clean-diesel heavy-duty engines set to roll off of assembly lines nationwide this year, the diesel industry demonstrated that it has met the technological and regulatory challenges of manufacturing trucks that produce up to 90-percent fewer emissions than the previous generation of diesels.
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