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  • September 2008

    • US May Seek World's Emergency Fuel

      Reuters  |  Sep 17, 08 3:09 PM CDT

      US May Seek World's Emergency Fuel

      (Newser) - The Bush administration may ask the International Energy Agency to release emergency fuel stocks into the domestic market to cushion losses from hurricane-battered oil refineries, Reuters reports. Gustav and Ike temporarily closed a dozen Gulf Coast refineries, though all are in "reasonably good shape" according to an official, resulting in daily losses of 1.1 million barrels of gas production and 700,000 barrels of distillate fuel output. More »

    • Blown Tire Forces Emergency Landing at LAX

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 2, 08 4:54 PM CDT

      Blown Tire Forces Emergency Landing at LAX

      (Newser) - An American Airlines jet made an emergency landing in Los Angeles today because of a blown tire, the LA Times reports. Flight 1586, carrying 135 people bound for Toronto, circled Los Angeles International Airport for 45 minutes to burn fuel, “diminishing the possibility of having some sort of fire when it lands,” a spokesman explained. “Taking out some of the danger.” More »

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      Los Angeles  • American Airlines  • fuel  • LAX  • emergency landing

  • July 2008

    • Easy St.: Thieves Having a Gas

      Washington Post  |  Jul 6, 08 9:28 AM CDT

      Easy St.: Thieves Having a Gas

      (Newser) - Stealing gas by siphoning it from vehicles is a simple crime that can reap big rewards—and as fuel prices soar, the crime is ever-more tempting for thieves, the Washington Post reports. A Maryland county reported zero or one thefts yearly from 2005 to 2007, but cops have already logged seven this year. Meanwhile, sales of locking gas caps have skyrocketed. More »

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      gas prices  • gas  • theft  • fuel

  • June 2008

    • Yanks Flood Mexico for Cheap Gas

      New York Times  |  Jun 25, 08 3:46 AM CDT

      Yanks Flood Mexico for Cheap Gas

      (Newser) - Soaring gas prices have Californians and Texans racing for the border and braving drug cartel violence to save some $20 per tank filling up in Mexico. American pumps have passed the $4 mark, but Mexican gas is still just $2.66 a gallon thanks to subsidies intended for poor Mexicans. Americans are buying it up instead, triggering a 50% surge in sales—and Mexican gas shortages, reports the New York Times. More »

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      Texas  • gas prices  • Mexico  • gas  • fuel costs  • fuel

    • Waiting for Green Has Gas-Conscious Seeing Red

      Press-Enterprise  |  Jun 11, 08 4:26 PM CDT

      Waiting for Green Has Gas-Conscious Seeing Red

      (Newser) - Though their safety value in heavy traffic isn't disputed, some Californians are starting to see left-turn arrows as a drag on ever-pricier gas and an avoidable threat to the environment, the Riverside Press-Enterprise reports. The California Energy Commission estimates that idling for 2 minutes (often a needless waste of time, some say) uses the same amount of fuel as driving 1 mile. More »

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      gas prices  • fuel costs  • traffic  • fuel  • highways  • traffic accident  • traffic light

    • Gas Rising, Station Owners Barrel Toward Bankruptcy

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 10, 08 12:24 PM CDT

      Gas Rising, Station Owners Barrel Toward Bankruptcy

      (Newser) - Stiff fuel prices are not pouring cash into the pockets of California gas station owners—instead, they're driving them into bankruptcy. Credit card fees, tanker-load costs, and other rapidly increasing expenses are putting the crunch on retailers, reports the Los Angeles Times . More »

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      California  • Los Angeles  • gas prices  • gas  • fuel  • gas stations

    • Drivers Pump Less, Run Out of Gas More

      Associated Press  |  Jun 2, 08 3:05 AM CDT

      Drivers Pump Less, Run Out of Gas More

      (Newser) - Strapped-for-cash drivers hit by rocketing gas prices are putting less in their tanks and gambling on having enough to last the week—but many don't make it. C alls to AAA for help from out-of-gas drivers in Philadelphia have doubled since prices began to spiral, AP reports. More »

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      gas prices  • Philadelphia  • fuel  • AAA

  • May 2008
  • January 2008

    • Israel Revs Up Electric Cars

      Time  |  Jan 21, 08 3:59 PM CST

      Israel Revs Up Electric Cars

      (Newser) - Israel is taking the first steps toward getting drivers behind the electric wheel. The country today unveiled a joint project that calls for Renault-Nissan to build cars and a California startup to build the infrastructure. The electric cars are to hit the mass market by 2010 with half a million charging points in place, but some call the plan unrealistic, Time reports. More »

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      Israel  • electric cars  • fuel  • Shimon Peres  • foreign oil  • Olmert  • Shai Agassi

    • Gaza, Israel Spar Over Power Outage, Embargo

      Associated Press  |  Jan 21, 08 8:16 AM CST

      Gaza, Israel Spar Over Power Outage, Embargo

      (Newser) - Gazans awoke to a second day without its main power plant or fuel as international leaders condemned the “collective punishment of the people of Gaza,” and Israeli PM Ehud Olmert resolutely said Gazans "will walk, without gas for their cars" until their "murderous regime's" rocket attacks cease. World leaders, meanwhile, worry the situation will spiral out of control, the AP reports. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Ehud Olmert  • Gaza  • Arab Israeli conflict  • fuel  • rocket attacks  • humanitarian crisis  • blockade

  • October 2007

    • Israel Cuts Fuel to Gaza

      Associated Press  |  Oct 28, 07 6:32 PM CDT

      Israel Cuts Fuel to Gaza

      (Newser) - Israel cut Gaza’s fuel supply today in a bid to force the strip's Hamas government to curb rocket attacks on Israel. An Israeli official told the New York Times the plan was to cut deliveries 5 to 11%, but a Gazan official told the AP shipments were short by over 30%. Israel also closed one of two crossings through which food and medicine flow into Gaza. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Mahmoud Abbas  • Gaza  • gas  • Fatah  • electricity  • fuel  • Ehud Barak

  • June 2007