diesel
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Earlier this month, diesel prices climbed above $6 per gallon in the U.S. for the first time ever, and continues to climb.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
In the past, diesel fuel was poured around the bases of the trees, and grounds staff said last month that they suspected copper sulfate was dumped into the holes drilled near the roots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
In the northeast, where many families warm their homes with heating oil, a close cousin to diesel, residents are now bracing for colder weather.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The U.S. average retail diesel price hit a fresh all-time high of $6.40 a gallon on Thursday, the latest in a string of records.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Everything on the bottom floor of the reactor buildings—including the diesel generators they so desperately needed to run the reactors—had been submerged in salt water.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
Replacing the 200,000 buses with another round of health-hazardous diesels would cost between $60 billion to $80 billion; after accounting for rollout costs, full electric replacement would cost about 2.5 times as much.
From Salon ● May 23, 2024
Pichetto Fratin said the government had ordered a review and update of regional anti-pollution plans, and that while this was pending, planned restrictions on Euro 5 diesels were temporarily suspended.
From Reuters ● Sep. 7, 2023
Had they been conventional diesels, they would have created a smelly cacophony as they idled.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2022
Renewable diesels are 40% to 50% cleaner than fossil fuels, even counting carbon to manufacture and deliver them, said Mark Chen, chief sustainability engineer for Skanska USA.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2022
“She’s forty-six feet. Twin diesels, eight hundred horses.”
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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