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  • July 2008

    • Gas Use Hits Record Low, Prices Still Sky High

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 10, 08 2:21 AM CDT

      Gas Use Hits Record Low, Prices Still Sky High

      (Newser) - Soaring gas prices are changing Americans driving habits, cutting consumption to the lowest levels in five years, reports the Wall Street Journal. Gas consumption dropped by 3.3% to 9.3 million barrels a day compared with last year's Fourth of July holiday. Some 62% of Americans are changing summer plans because of rising gas prices, and 15% have canceled vacations altogether. More »

    • Fiat 500: Mini Package, Max Charisma

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 9, 08 11:59 AM CDT

      Fiat 500: Mini Package, Max Charisma

      (Newser) - Add adorable to 40-plus miles per gallon and you get the Fiat 500, an Italian compact that, despite taking a while to go from 0 to 60, brings a new sweetness to the term eye candy, Dan Neil writes in the Los Angeles Times : "It's fun to look at, fun to drive, fun to point out to the valet." More »

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      gas prices  • auto industry  • Europe  • gas mileage  • Fiat

    • Furious Voters to Congress: Lower Gas Prices Now!

      New York Times  |  Jul 9, 08 2:29 AM CDT

      Furious Voters to Congress: Lower Gas Prices Now!

      (Newser) - Lawmakers who returned to their districts for the 4th of July break have been pushed back to Congress with a resounding order to take action to lower gas prices . Angry and anxious taxpayers have made it clear that soaring energy prices are their chief concern, giving their representatives fresh impetus to work for bipartisan action, reports the New York Times. But compromise may be tough. More »

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      Congress  • gas prices  • oil price  • bipartisanship  • offshore oil  • energy policy

    • GOP Charts Offshore Drilling Compromise

      Politico  |  Jul 8, 08 11:12 AM CDT

      GOP Charts Offshore Drilling Compromise

      (Newser) - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is trying to forge a bipartisan coalition on domestic oil drilling, Politico reports. Republican senators believe they can sway enough moderate Democrats on an amendment to end a federal ban on coastline drilling—allowing a dramatic shift in US energy policy, and reaping a big victory for the GOP. More »

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      Senate  • gas prices  • GOP  • energy  • oil drilling  • bipartisanship  • offshore oil  • Mitch McConnell  • compromise

    • Would You Take Free Gas for Life, or $250K?

      New York Times  |  Jul 8, 08 8:14 AM CDT

      Would You Take Free Gas for Life, or $250K?

      (Newser) - Florida lottery players have the chance to win "free gas for life," and if that sounds too good to be a second-place prize, it is. The weekly runners-up will get free, but not unlimited, fill-ups worth $2,600 per year—which is unlikely to add up to more than the first prize, the New York Times reports. More »

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      Florida  • gas prices  • lottery  • prize

    • Toyota to Add Solar Panels to Prius

      Reuters  |  Jul 7, 08 9:46 AM CDT

      Toyota to Add Solar Panels to Prius

      (Newser) - Toyota plans to go even more “green” with its hybrid Prius, offering solar panels as a high-end option beginning with the 2009 model year, reports Reuters. And, although the panels will do little more than help power the air conditioning system, Toyota’s move shows just how far automakers are willing to go to engineer greener vehicles. More »

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      gas prices  • Toyota  • green energy  • Toyota Prius

    • $6 Gas Possible by Year's End

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 7, 08 7:38 AM CDT

      $6 Gas Possible by Year's End

      (Newser) - As oil flirts with $150 a barrel, nearly double its price from last year, the specter of $6 a gallon gas at US pumps has become more real. A plethora of factors—from the threat of conflict with Iran to tight supplies and a weak dollar—continue to exert upward pressure on crude prices, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      gas prices  • oil price  • economy  • oil production  • $100 a barrel oil  • oil reserves  • strategic petroleum reserve

    • 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

    • Hunt Is On for Florida Oil

      Associated Press  |  Jul 5, 08 10:01 AM CDT

      Hunt Is On for Florida Oil

      (Newser) - The record-breaking price of oil is shifting public opinion toward lifting a moratorium on new offshore drilling, reports the AP. Four companies acquired rights to explore parcels of land off the Florida coast in March, under a 2006 Congressional compromise that opened up 8.3 million acres off the Panhandle in exchange for a buffer along the rest of the state's beaches. More »

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      Florida  • gas prices  • oil  • oil production  • offshore oil  • oil exploration  • oil reserves  • Bill Nelson

    • Dear God: Please Lower Gas Prices!

      CNS News  |  Jul 4, 08 6:21 PM CDT

      Dear God: Please Lower Gas Prices!

      (Newser) - Many analysts say there isn't a prayer of gas prices coming down any time soon, but there's a group out there bent on proving them wrong, reports CNS News. The Prayer at the Pump Movement, led by Seventh-Day Adventist Rocky Twyman, has been holding vigils at gas stations across the country asking for divine intervention to lower pump prices. More »

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      gas prices  • oil price  • Saudi Arabia  • prayer

    • Fires, Spiking Gas Aside, Calif. Tourism Still Sunny

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Jul 3, 08 4:25 PM CDT

      Fires, Spiking Gas Aside, Calif. Tourism Still Sunny

      (Newser) - Near-continuous wildfires and soaring gas prices don’t seem to have made much of a dent in California’s tourism industry, the San Jose Mercury News reports. California's AAA reports only an 0.8% drop in Fourth of July domestic tourism, and a jump in visitors from abroad more than makes up the difference, travel officials say. More »

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      California  • gas prices  • tourism  • wildfires  • vacation  • California wildfires  • weakening economy  • Big Sur

    • American to Cut 7K Jobs

      Dallas Morning News  |  Jul 3, 08 10:56 AM CDT

      American to Cut 7K Jobs

      (Newser) - American Airlines plans to cut as many as 900 flight attendants from its ranks next month as part of nearly 7,000 expected layoffs this year, reports the Dallas Morning News. The job cuts, intended to counter rising fuel expenses, mirror an intended 8% reduction in the airline's worldwide flights. The cuts will leave American with fewer than 80,000 jobs, a low it hasn't hit since 1988. More »

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      gas prices  • American Airlines  • fuel costs  • flight  • layoffs  • job cuts  • weakening economy  • pilots  • aircraft carrier  • flight attendant

    • US Lost 62K Jobs in June

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 3, 08 8:23 AM CDT