Five major U.S. companies, including shipping giants FedEx and United Parcel Service, have committed to partner with the Obama administration in support of a national effort to reduce fossil fuel consumption.

As charter members of the so-called National Clean Fleets Partnership, the (more…)

An increasing number of trucking companies are shifting to liquefied natural gas (LNG) to power their fleets of large tractor trailers, a trend that one analysis predicts could reduce U.S. oil imports by more than a million barrels a day.

Looking for a cost-effective fuel alternative to diesel — which climbed to more than $5 a (more…)

A period of extremely cold, windless weather has brought home to the British the drawbacks of relying on wind power and the need to keep a supply of natural gas in reserve. While the cold spell has strained natural gas supplies, leading in some cases to cutoffs to industrial users, it also has highlighted the unpredictability of wind power. Although Britain’s wind farms are supposed to provide 5 percent of the country’s electricity, they were in fact only providing 0.2 percent during the recent run of frigid, still days.

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