The American Trucking Associations (ATA) joined with the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers and the Consumer Energy Alliance in suing the state of Oregon to block the state’s low carbon fuel standards. “Just as trucking is the lifeblood of our economy, for the foreseeable future, diesel fuel is the lifeblood of the trucking industry,” said […]
After reaching record levels in 2013, United States imports of biomass-based diesel fuel (both biodiesel and renewable diesel) fell 36%, to 333 million gallons in 2014. Analysts attributed the development to uncertainty surrounding future Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) targets and the absence of a late-year influx of volumes from Argentina. The strongest drivers of the […]
Waste Management of Southern California has opened a new compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station in Chino, California, designed to increase access to clean-burning fuel in the region. Noted City of Chino Mayor and Vice Chairman of the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s Governing Board Dennis Yates, “By increasing accessibility to cleaner burning compressed […]
TruStar Energy, one of the nation’s largest designers and builders of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fueling infrastructure, has been awarded the contract to design and build a large public-access fueling station for CNG Energy, to support Liberal, Kansas and the surrounding Southwest Kansas area and Oklahoma Panhandle. CNG Energy currently has 12 Kenworth tractors, which […]
According to the latest Fleet News Daily report, fuel prices have done a real U-turn recently moving downwards over the past few days. This week, the price of Regular nationwide was $2.424 vs. $2.453 one week ago bud down significantly from $3.517 last year at this time. Diesel followed a similar path. One gallon of […]
The price of U.S. crude oil fell to a six-year low on Monday, below $43 as inventories rose. In addition, some analysts are anticipated a potential nuclear deal with Tehran, which in turn would suggest even more supply flowing into world markets. As for the specifics, U.S. crude fell to $42.85, its lowest level since […]
Clean Burn, a leader in waste oil furnaces, has named Jeff Townsend as president, succeeding Barry Brandt who moves up to CEO. Townsend previously held key senior management positions with Eclipse, Inc. of Rockford Illinois, a worldwide manufacturer of products and systems for industrial heating and drying applications. He served there for more than 25 […]
According to the latest Green Transit News report, fuel prices moved upwards over the past few days. This week, the price of Regular nationwide was $2.328 vs. $2.268 one week ago bud down significantly from $3.426 last year at this time. As for Diesel was somewhat similar. One gallon of Diesel stands at $2.884 vs. […]
Cummins Filtration, an industry leader in diesel engine filtration technology, has introduced the Fleetguard LF14000NN lube filter for Cummins ISX15 diesel engines. The LF14000NN is the company’s first lube filter with NanoNet® media, a patented polymeric nanotechnology-based synthetic media originally developed for Fleetguard fuel filter applications. Introduced by Cummins Filtration in 2012, NanoNet® filtration media […]
According to the latest Green Transit News, fuel prices moved upwards over the past few days. This week, the price of Regular nationwide was $2.172 vs. $2.054 one week ago bud down significantly from $3.269 last year at this time. The news in fuel prices for Diesel was somewhat similar. One gallon of Diesel stands […]
