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Reasons Why Gasoline Prices are so High

By. Richard Heinberg Source: Post Carbon Here in northern California gasoline is now retailing for $4.20 a gallon. Prices haven’t been this high since mid-2008. Forecasts for $5 per gallon gas in the US this summer are now commonplace. What’s driving prices up? Most analysts focus mostly on two factors: worries about Iran and increased demand from a perceived global economic recovery....
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National Gas Price Weekly Average Is $3.79

WASHINGTON — Gas prices continue to move upward, settling at an average price of $3.79 a gallon, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Monday. Some consumers have been paying more than $4 a gallon for weeks. This week’s average price for regular gas was up 27 cents from a year ago, and up 7 cents from last week. GasBuddy, which provides local prices online and through...
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NACS Webinar Prepares C-store Owners for New ADA Regulations

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The calendar is counting down to the date when updated Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations go into effect. On March 15, convenience store owners will face more than 450 changes in the law, according to today’s NACS webinar, “Preparing for the New ADA Regulations,” presented by Brad Gaskins and Larry McIntosh of the McIntosh Group LLC. The...
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Judge Blocks Graphic Cigarette Warning Labels

Rules that federal mandate violates free speech rights WASHINGTON — A judge has blocked a federal requirement that would have forced U.S. tobacco companies to put large graphic images on their cigarette packages later this year to show the dangers of smoking and encouraging smokers to quit lighting up, reported the Associated Press. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington ruled that...
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API Decries Obama’s ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ Approach to Energy

President uses weekly address to hammer home energy message CSP Daily News | February 25, 2012 WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama used his weekly address to reiterate the energy message he delivered at the University of Miami last Thursday (click here for a full transcript of his remarks)–” there are no quick fixes to this problem, and … we can’t just drill our...
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