Diesel Fuel

Interview with Douglas Oberhelman, CEO of Caterpillar

Douglas Oberhelman is the most outspoken business leader in Illinois. As CEO of Peoria-based Caterpillar, he has placed himself — and the issue of Illinois' fiscal crisis — centerstage through a series of sharp-tongued op-eds bemoaning the...

Tags: Corporate Officers, Personal Income, Commodity Markets, China, Chicago

Hagerstown-area gas prices drop

caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.com

The average price of regular grade gas dropped this week in the Hagerstown area, despite rising once again nationally, according to the AAA Mid-Atlantic Weekend Gas Watch. Although the national average went up 3 cents a gallon this week for regular...

Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Transportation, Road Transportation, AAA, Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland)

Don't let your house leak money

Jim Lett knew his house was leaking money, especially during winter. Of course, he couldn't actually see heat slipping out of wiring conduits, exhaust fans, the attic. But he could feel the pain in his wallet as sure as the draftiness that compelled him...

Tags: PPL Corporation, Alternative Energy, Brian Baker, Coal, Renewable Energy

Home energy upgrades help Allentown residents to save money

For years, Michelle and David Olson relied on oil to heat their 2,600-square-foot home on the west end of Allentown at a cost of around $350 per month. "And it kept going up," Michelle Olson said. Olson threw a neighborhood party after she made the...

Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Advertising, Home Heating, Environmental Issues, Natural Resources

S&G Asphalt Service

• Owner: Antonio Sorrentino Jr. • Founded: 1983 • Sector: Construction • Company description: S&G Asphalt Service is one of the Lehigh Valley's most trusted paving and seal-coating experts. We are an industry leader in...

Tags: Petroleum Industry

Diesel fuel spill mostly cleaned up

About 95 percent of the diesel fuel that rose to the surface from a leaking underground pipeline two miles north of Aberdeen has been cleaned up, a company spokesman said Wednesday afternoon. As much as 500 barrels spilled from the leak on Monday...

Tags: Natural Resource Industry, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Petroleum Industry, Conservation, Environmental Issues

Financial accountability

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Paying It Forward In Lebanon

Multi-media Journalist

Julie Bliesath gives back all the time, with her foster children and adoption kids. But she wants to Pay it Forward again, to an elderly woman who has no place to go. "She couldn't buy her children or any of her grandchildren Christmas gifts because she...

Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Lebanon, Kerosene

Spill has 'happy ending'

State and local officials allowed nature to take its course and let the sun evaporate the estimated five gallons of diesel fuel that spilled Jan. 4 in Huntington Harbour. The Huntington Beach Fire Department, along with the Orange County Sheriff's Harbor...

Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Oil Spills

Mild winter offers break from high heating costs

Associated Press

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Ashley Tatum was three months behind on utility payments after leaving her job at a coffee shop because of pregnancy complications. The mother of two owed $648, and the tough economy did not offer many options. The...

Tags: Consumers Energy Company, Personal Income, Natural Resources, Petroleum Industry, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities

Gas prices starting to head upward again

caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.com

Gas prices have been at historic highs for early January, according to the American Automobile Association weekend gas watch. The average price of regular-grade gas nationwide is $3.39 per gallon —11 cents higher than it was at the start of the...

Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Petroleum Industry, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, AAA, Manufacturing and Engineering

Fuel spill in Roanoke did not cause lasting environmental damage

Reporter

 A diesel fuel spill on Brandon Avenue shut down traffic for several hours Thurday as hazmat crews and an environmental contractor cleaned up the mess, but it does not appear that the spill left any lasting environmental damage.   The asphalt is stained...