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ArticlesMarch 6, 2010

Gasoline-Diesel Cocktail: A Potent Recipe for Cleaner, More Efficient Engines

Diesel and gasoline fuel sources both bring unique assets and liabilities to powering internal combustion engines

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NewsMarch 5, 2010

House Passes 10-Month Extension of Highway Program

The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that will extend the current highway program until the end of the year and replenish the Highway Trust Fund with $19.5 billion from general revenues

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NewsMarch 3, 2010

ASTM Eyes New Biodiesel Grade For Cold Weather

ASTM International, a voluntary standards development organization, is considering ballots for changes to a biodiesel specification in response to isolated instances of filter clogging in cold weathe

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NewsMarch 3, 2010

Senate Clears Resumption of Highway, Safety Funds

Last night the Senate voted 78 to 19 to resume federal funding for highways and safety after Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., agreed to remove his objection to a bill containing a short-term extension of the federal highway program

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NewsMarch 3, 2010

TET Adds Distributors, Endorsements For TerraCair DEF

Terra Environmental Technologies, a North American producer of diesel exhaust fluid, has added three new distributors to its network and received endorsements from three independent truckstops

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NewsMarch 2, 2010

Funding Fight Means DOT Will Begin Furloughs Today

The Department of Transportation will furlough nearly 2,000 employees without pay today, due to a congressional conflict over funding. DOT said it will cease making reimbursements to states for highway construction and maintenance projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

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NewsMarch 2, 2010

States Set Off Alarms about Highway Funding Cut-Off; Safety at Risk

State departments of transportation are setting off emergency flares to get Congress's attention over yesterday's cut-off of federal highway and transit funds. "Last night the highway and transit programs in our country came to a screeching halt,

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NewsMarch 2, 2010

Diesel Prices Gain 2.9 Cents in Second Straight Jump

Diesel prices were up for the second week in a row, gaining 2.9 cents to a national average of $2.861 a gallo

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NewsFebruary 26, 2010

Transportation Programs Facing Shutdown Due to Funding Conflict

It appears possible that major federal transportation programs will have to be temporarily shut down early next week, due to a congressional conflict over funding

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NewsFebruary 26, 2010

Iowa Committee Strikes Down Bill For Biodiesel Blend

A bill to institute a 5 percent biodiesel blend in Iowa was shot down by the Iowa House Ways and Means Committe

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