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The Soaring Cost of Diesel Is Bankrupting Small Trucking Companies
For small trucking firms operating with little margin for error, high fuel costs can make the difference between survival and bankruptcy.
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U.S. Oil Industry Earned Over $130 Billion in Profit During Iran War
That was almost three times as much as what businesses producing and refining oil in the United States made in the same period in 2025.
New York Bought an Electric Ferry. The City Can’t Charge It.
Locations across the country want to launch electric ferries to cut carbon emissions, but there are challenges to the rollout.
The hybrid-electric Harbor Charger, in a Staten Island dry dock for repairs this month, has to rely on diesel alone on its Governors Island route in New York Harbor.
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