Diesel nears $2 a gallon

A 4-cent drop in the national average price of at-pump diesel fuel in the most recent week has the U.S. average at $2.031 per gallon, according to the Department of Energy’s weekly report. This is the lowest diesel has been since the week of March 16, 2009, and if...

NY, NJ ports propose banning older trucks

Next month, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will begin accepting comment on its proposal to bar trucks with older engines from the ports. By March 1, it would require new trucks that want to serve the port have engines meeting 2007 Environmental...