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Drivers are finally getting some relief at the pump. The national average gas price has dropped below $4 a gallon for the first time in months, with prices falling in 47 states as oil markets react to developments in U.S.-Iran negotiations.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. --- Minnesota, the first state to mandate the use of biodiesel, has temporarily suspended this requirement for 21 days while investigating why the fuel product is clogging fuel filters on some trucks, according to a report on Minnesota Public Radio.
Read More →VANCOUVER, B.C. --- Isuzu Motors Limited of Japan has hired Westport Innovations Inc. to apply its compressed natural gas direct injection (CNG-DI) technologies on Isuzu engines and commercial vehicles.
Read More →SEATTLE — The Essential Baking Company, which delivers within a 40-mile radius of Seattle, has switched to a new fleet of 13 B99 biodiesel delivery trucks.
Read More →DENVER --- As part of China's modernization efforts, the Hythane Co. will begin demonstrating its low-emission vehicle fuel system in support of China's national air quality program.
Read More →NEW YORK – Oil prices, which reached record levels in 2005, could rise even higher in 2006 as the United States implements clean fuel rules and world energy demand remains strong, according to Reuters. In 2006, tougher U.S. sulfur requirements for gasoline and diesel could cut supplies as refiners shut plants to revamp units and foreign suppliers find other markets with less stringent regulations.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline dropped 1.4 cents to 219.7 cents per gallon as of Dec. 26. That's 40.6 cents higher than last year, according to the Energy Department's Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. – The energy policy bill passed by Congress and signed by President George W. Bush earlier this year complicates limits that federal lawmakers imposed on the new tax credits for hybrids and alternative-fuel vehicles.
Read More →SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom joined environmental leaders to announce a major new package of financial incentives to boost the number of compressed natural gas (CNG) and hybrid taxis serving San Francisco.
Read More →BENTONVILLE, AR – Wal-Mart plans to have a more fuel-efficient trucking fleet in the years ahead. The giant retailer says that by the year 2015 it wants its fleet of 7,100 trucks to get about double what it now gets in miles per gallon.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expects the U.S. oil industry will meet the EPA's new standard that requires 2.78 percent of gasoline sold next year to be renewable fuel, such as ethanol, according to a Reuters report.
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