Category: gasoline

Gasoline Prices Rise Across US Again, Experts Warn More Pain at Pump Coming

The price of gasoline has risen across the United States again as experts warn that more pain could lie ahead at the pumps for Americans. The average price of a gallon of regular-grade gasoline currently stands at $3.488, an increase of more than 30 percent since the same time last year, when it was $2.505 a gallon,…


Tories Drop Support for Federal Carbon Tax

The Conservative Party is ending its support for a federal carbon tax. Interim leader Candice Bergen told her caucus about the change at a meeting on Feb. 9, saying that the carbon tax issue will be dealt with in the upcoming leadership race. For now, the Tories will stick to their official stance against the…


Conservatives Drop Support for Federal Carbon Tax

The Conservative Party is ending its support for a federal carbon tax. Interim leader Candice Bergen told her caucus about the change at a meeting on Feb. 9, saying that the carbon tax issue will be dealt with in the upcoming leadership race, according to a report in the Toronto Star. Conservative MP John Williamson twitted the…


Gas Prices Expected to Rise in 2022, Could Hit Over $4 per Gallon in Spring: GasBuddy

A fuel forecast from GasBuddy predicts gasoline prices will reverse their downward drift and rise next year, potentially jumping as high as $4.13 per gallon in June, though a likely bump in crude supply is expected to push prices lower by the end of 2022. GasBuddy’s 2022 Gasoline Forecast (pdf), released Dec. 29, predicts that…


Gas Prices Expected to Rise in 2022, Could Exceed $4 Average in Spring: GasBuddy

A fuel forecast from GasBuddy predicts gasoline prices will reverse their downward drift and rise next year, potentially jumping as high as $4.13 per gallon in June, although a likely bump in crude supply is expected to push prices lower by the end of 2022. GasBuddy’s 2022 Gasoline Forecast (pdf), released Dec. 29, predicts that…


Americans Make Tough Budget Choices as Inflation Hits Home

Americans are feeling the economic pain as consumer prices rose nearly 7 percent over the past year, a reality that is causing tough choices and belt-tightening at home as a hedge against the higher cost of living. The jump in prices of gas, food, and durable goods has changed the travel plans and Christmas shopping…


Gasoline Truck Explodes in Northern Haiti; More Than 50 Killed

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—A truck carrying gasoline exploded in northern Haiti, killing more than 50 people and injuring dozens of others, officials said Tuesday. The blast occurred late Monday in the city of Cap-Haitien, Prime Minister Ariel Henry said, adding that he was devastated. “Three days of national mourning will be decreed throughout the territory, in memory…


Gas Prices Are Rising. Who Did That?

News Analysis The stickers are a smash hit. At the top: President Joe Biden, pointing with double finger guns or, in one of several other versions, a single outstretched finger. Underneath him, in bold black text: “I Did That!” or a variation thereof. Slapped on a gas pump next to the digital meter display, the…


Storm Damage in BC Prompts Gasoline and Travel Restrictions

VICTORIA—British Columbia’s public safety minister says he’s relying on the good judgment of residents to ensure the province doesn’t run out of gasoline. Mike Farnworth says B.C. residents, who are not essential workers, will be limited to buying 30 litres of fuel per gas station visit as the government looks to truck or barge gas…


Average San Diego County Gas Price Less Than 8 Cents from Record High

SAN DIEGO—The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County rose Nov. 18 for the ninth consecutive day, increasing a half-cent to $4.648. The average price is within 7.7 cents of matching San Diego County’s record high of $4.725 set on Oct. 8, 2012. The average price has increased 10.3…