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NewsFebruary 7, 2012

Clean Energy Contracts with Green Energy Oilfield Services to Build LNG Station for Texas Tanker Fleet

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. signed a 10-year agreement with Texas transport provider Green Energy Oilfield Services to build, supply and maintain a new liquefied natural gas fueling station at Green Energy headquarters in Fairfield, Texas.

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NewsFebruary 6, 2012

Diesel and Gas Prices Continue to Creep Up, Oil Prices fall

U.S. diesel prices are up again this week by less than a tenth of a cent to $3.856, while the nation's gas prices are up by a little more than 4 cents to $3.482, according to the U.S. Department of Energy's weekly report

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NewsFebruary 6, 2012

Senate to Vote on Highway Funding Proposal

Today the Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to vote on revenue provisions to supplement the Highway Trust Fund and pay for the Senate's proposed highway bill. Passage of the measure will put in place a key provision for the Senate's plan to reauthorize the federal highway program with a $109 billion, two-year bill. The House, meanwhile, is working on a $260 billion, five-year bill.

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NewsFebruary 5, 2012

House Highway Bill Clears Committee on Party-Line Vote

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee did its job last week, reporting out a bill that would reauthorize the federal transportation program for five years at current funding levels. It was a squeaker, though, and the outlook for Congress finishing the job before the current program expires on March 31 is not rosy

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NewsFebruary 3, 2012

House Panel Kills Truck Weight Increase

An increase in federal truck size and weight limits did not survive a House committee vote yesterday. Members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted 33 to 22 to study the increased limit, rather than actually increasing it

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NewsFebruary 2, 2012

Natural Gas Gets Big Boost in Deal by Navistar, Clean Fuels and T. Boone Pickens

Natural gas will become a more popular fuel for commercial trucks if Navistar International and Clean Fuels Corp. can help it, and they intend to. T. Boone Pickens, the oilman-turned-gas promoter whose BP Capital owns Clean Fuels, joined Navistar executives to announce a deal yesterday morning at the truck builder's new headquarters in Lisle, Ill

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NewsFebruary 1, 2012

House Highway Bill Challenges Hours of Service Restart Provision

In the House highway bill unveiled yesterday, Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., finally revealed what he meant when he said he will challenge the new hours of service rule. The bill could force the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to rewrite the 34-hour restart provision of the rule, which limits the restart to once a week with two sleep periods from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m

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NewsJanuary 31, 2012

House Highway Bill Would Allow Heavier Trucks

The House of Representatives yesterday unveiled its version of a new highway program that would spend $260 billion over five years. The bill trims the Department of Transportation by consolidating or eliminating programs, gives states a greater say in how they spend federal money and speeds up the project approval process

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NewsJanuary 31, 2012

EPA Sets Penalties for Emissions Non-Compliance

Navistar Inc. may have to pay penalties of up to $1,900 per engine if it cannot meet heavy diesel emission standards, according to a new Environmental Protection Agency rule

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NewsJanuary 30, 2012

Diesel and Gas prices Rise, Oil Falls

This week, U.S. diesel prices increased by less than a tenth of a cent to $3.850 from $3.848. However, the Midwest, Rocky Mountain and West Coast regions all saw very slight price decreases

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