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In October 2022, the New York Harbor spot price for ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) averaged $4.36 per gallon (gal), the highest monthly average price since May 2022 and the second-highest monthly average price…
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Rapid Increases In Diesel Prices Reflect Low Inventories Going Into Winter Demand Season
Improving fuel efficiency and reducing liquid fuels’ carbon intensity can lower emissions, a Fuels Institute report finds. Click HERE to read more.
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ICE Technology Helps Achieve A Lower Carbon Future
DFL Sweeps State-wide Races DFL incumbent Governor Tim Walz easily defeated Republican challenger Scott Jensen by a 52.2% to 44.6% margin. Walz built up huge vote margins in Hennepin and Ramsey counties early,…
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Special Post-Election Update
A crisis is once again brewing in the US for the diesel fuel that powers trucks and heats homes. Global shortages and a market phenomenon known as backwardation are frustrating Biden administration efforts…
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What “Backwardation” Has To Do With US Diesel Squeeze
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Announcing $97 Million in Small Business Funding For Minnesota!
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EAP Urges Vendors to Enter Prior Program Year (10/1/21- 9/30/22) Refunds Into eHEAT Well Before December 1st
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Follow Up to EMA Bulk Plant Vapor Recovery Survey
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Here’s Why Convenience Store Aren’t Rushing to Replace Gas Pumps With EV Chargers
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FDA Issues Update on Review of Non-Tobacco Nicotine and Synthetic Nicotine Products
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White House Authorizes 15- Million Barrel Release from Strategic Petroleum Reserve
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Reminder! USDA Offering $100 Million in Matching Funds for Installation of Higher Blend Ethanol and Biodiesel Infrastructure
Recently, 158 lawmakers sent a letter to the President urging him to reject California’s forthcoming request for a waiver that would require 35 percent of all new light-duty vehicle sales to be electrified…
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Lawmakers Urge President Biden to Deny “California Car Mandate”
The Biden Administration intends to release more oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Click HERE to read more.
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OPEC+ Slashes Oil Output by 2 Million Barrels a Day
The 1,025,655 Minnesota workers who worked on the frontlines during the COVID-19 peacetime emergency, and applied and met all eligibility requirements of the Frontline Worker Pay Program, will receive a payment of $487.45 beginning…
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More that one million applicants approved for Frontline Worker Payments
A new Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) grant is helping 44 Minnesota service stations offer customers more and greener options at the pump. Read more HERE.
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New Grants Help Minnesota Service Stations Add More Ethanol
If the proposal is finalized, many convenience stores could be declared joint employers of many contracted workers. Read more HERE.
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How The Proposed Joint Employer Rule Impacts C-Stores
Recently, Reps. Peter Welch (D-VT) and Lance Gooden (R-TX) introduced bipartisan legislation known as “The Credit Card Competition Act of 2022” which would ensure retailer choice in payment routing by requiring at least…
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House Lawmakers Introduce “The Credit Card Competition Act of 2022”
The Food and Drug Administration published two proposed regulations. These regulations are known as product standards. A product standard is the power Congress gave to the FDA to reduce or eliminate an ingredient…
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The FDA’s Proposed Menthol Cigarette and Flavored Cigars Bans
Since its inception, the NACS Foundation has given more than $500,000 in scholarships to NACS retail member company employees. Read more HERE.
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Our own Jake Manske honored with the NACS Scholarship
The USDA has published a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) in the Federal Register announcing that this round of HBIIP (Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program) is officially open. If your SAM, EAuth and UEI are not up to…
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Help is Available for USDA HBIIP Grant Writing