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- Soaring fuel costs spawn clamor for quick fixes
- Sooner or later, anger over rising fuel prices had to boil over, and Monday it did. Truckers converged on Washington to stage a noisy protest and demand that Congress provide relief from diesel prices that have soared above $4 a gallon. With oil near $120 a barrel and gasoline closing...
- Research articles 2008-04-29
- Motorists want more help with green drive
- Byline: By STEVE HUGHES MORE than three quarters of families in the UK intend to do more to help the environment during the next 12 months. This is one of the key findings of research by car company Saab, which, together with Ford, offers cars that can run...
- Research articles 2007-11-30
- Iran president defends petrol rationing after protests
- TEHRAN AFP — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defended Friday his government's decision to ration petrol in oil-rich Iran after the move sparked violent protests. "Petrol rationing is great task, although it is a complex task," the president was quoted as saying by the ISNA news agency. "This issue needs...
- Research articles 2007-06-29
- Iran police on patrol after petrol rationing protests
- TEHRAN AFP — Iranian police were on patrol in Tehran on Thursday on alert for any further violent protests over the introduction of petrol rationing in the world's fourth largest oil producer. A dozen petrol stations were set ablaze in violence that erupted late Tuesday and angry motorists queued...
- Research articles 2007-06-28
- Stockholmers set to approve road toll
- STOCKHOLM AFP — Residents of the Swedish capital Stockholm appear set to approve a congestion charge aimed at reducing traffic and pollution, preliminary results of a weekend referendum show. The "yes" camp was credited with 53.1 percent of votes while 46.9 percent voted to reject the scheme in a poll...
- Research articles 2006-09-17
- Baghdad fuel shortage supports generation of street kids
- BAGHDAD AFP — A chronic fuel shortage in Baghdad, capital of one of the world's most oil rich countries, has created a black market for petrol which sustains a growing population of dirty-faced street kids. Along the pavements of the Saadun Avenue, cutting through the centre of the Iraqi...
- Research articles 2006-08-01
- After Katrina, US drivers feel the pain
- WASHINGTON AFP — A summer of pain for US drivers battling sky-high oil prices intensified in the devastating wake of Hurricane Katrina as petrol stations saw panic buying and lengthening queues. US President George W. Bush, after ordering the release of emergency government supplies of crude to hard-pressed refineries,...
- Research articles 2005-09-01
- Katrina brings sky-high fuel prices, shortages to US
- WASHINGTON AFP — US petrol stations saw panic buying and lengthening queues as a summer of pain for drivers battling sky-high oil prices intensified in the deadly wake of Hurricane Katrina. US President George W. Bush, after ordering the release of emergency government supplies of crude to hard-pressed refineries,...
- Research articles 2005-09-01
- Cold weather snap grips western Europe
- PARIS AFP — A cold weather snap gripped much of western Europe with temperatures dipping below zero and snow and ice affecting traffic in many areas. Traffic around Germany was held up in several regions as snow falls blocked roads and ice made driving difficult, police said Monday. ...
- Research articles 2005-01-24
- Germany launches motorway toll for trucks
- FRANKFURT AFP — Germany, one of the few countries in Europe where motorways are still toll-free, is to start charging trucks for use of the country's chronically overcrowded "Autobahns" next month in a move that some believe could open the door to a general toll for all motorists. After...
- Research articles 2004-12-25
- Gasohol now saves 75 satang per litre in Bangkok, Thailand.
- By Aranee Jaiimsin, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 2--Motorists in Bangkok can now save 75 satang per litre if they fill their tanks with gasohol instead of 95 octane petrol, as part of the government's effort to promote more...
- Research articles 2004-11-02
- Nigerian agency lauds court ruling on fuel prices
- LAGOS AFP — Nigeria's petrol pricing agency welcomed a court ruling which worried motorists when it opened the way for fuel sellers to fix their own prices and barred a planned mass strike over higher costs. A federal high court in Abuja on Tuesday banned the Nigeria Labour Congress...
- Research articles 2004-09-23
- Ring of steel
- Perhaps we should be a little concerned that the first news of new security measures should be aired today in a leak by the BBC. But even so, on first glance, there are some sensible measures proposed. Most of the measures relate to defending the Houses of Parliament,...
- Research articles 2004-07-12
- Less ethanol in gasohol seen as way to attract more Thai motorists.
- By Yuthana Praiwan, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 26--The proportion of ethanol in regular petrol will be cut to encourage motorists to shift to gasohol as an alternative fuel for automobiles, says Energy Minister Prommin Lertsuridej. ...
- Research articles 2004-06-26
- US drivers blame OPEC, not White House, for gas prices
- NEW YORK AFP ? American motorists are more likely to blame record high petrol prices on oil producing nations and oil companies than their own government, according to a poll. In a sign that soaring gas pump prices may not the hot political issue Republicans fear in this presidential...
- Research articles 2004-05-27
- Ohio sniper suspect arrested: police
- LOS ANGELES AFP ? The suspect in a series of sniper shootings that has terrorised motorists in one Midwestern city was arrested outside a Las Vegas motel, police said. Police officers detained Charles McCoy as he returned to his motel after a tip-off from a member of the public...
- Research articles 2004-03-17
- Fast-rising gas prices set records in 2 states
- Gasoline prices set statewide records Tuesday in Nevada and West Virginia, and new highs were hit throughout heavily populated Southern California as that state pushed to within a penny of its record. Nationwide, a gallon of unleaded regular averaged $1.705 -- 3.2 cents less than the record set last...
- Research articles 2004-03-03
- Jacksonville, Fla., Man's Device Would Warn Drivers about Emergency Vehicles.
- By Christopher Calnan, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 5--An annoyance turned into an epiphany when a Jacksonville businessman irked by a loud car stereo got the idea of using the radios to warn drivers of nearby emergency vehicles....
- Research articles 2003-12-05
- 2 sought in bombing of pizza delivery man
- WASHINGTON -- The FBI released drawings on Monday of two men wanted for questioning in a bank robbery in Erie, Pa., last month that resulted in the death of a pizza delivery man, Brian Douglas Wells. Wells died when a bomb locked around his neck exploded shortly after...
- Research articles 2003-09-09
- Rainy Weather Reduces Demand for Gasoline, Keeps Prices from Spiking.
- By Tom Incantalupo, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 25--Motorists have gotten a break of sorts this summer, as rainy weather in June reduced demand for gasoline and kept prices from surging. But fuel costs are still higher than a...
- Research articles 2003-07-25
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