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EIA: US retail diesel prices increase to >$6 per gallon in the Northeast; nearly equal to California

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Because the geopolitical climate and related economic sanctions have disrupted Russia’s distillate exports—most of which were sent to Europe—European countries have drawn down their regional distillate inventories and turned to other distillate suppliers.

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President Biden calls on Congress, States for fuel tax holiday; increase in refinery capacity

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That figure is down from 141 refineries in 2017, with 4 idle. This is clear in both words and actions, and the most recent example is the current Securities and Exchange Commission rulemaking on climate risk disclosures. Operable capacity for the refineries is 17,789,010 barrels per calendar day in 2022, down from 18,976,085 in 2020.

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Study finds vehicles more important source of urban atmospheric ammonia than farms

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The researchers outfitted vehicles with sensors to detect ammonia levels and focused on six cities: Philadelphia, Denver and Houston in the United States, and Beijing, Shijiazhuang and Baoding in China. ppbv/ppmv, 15% uncertainty) despite differences in fleet composition, climate, and fuel composition. —Sun et al. ppbv/ppmv).

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Study: Johns Hopkins Says Shrinking Streets Could Improve Safety

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Study finds cities can reduce CO2 more easily from residential conservation than transportation

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The researchers also found that policies with the biggest local impact vary from city to city, with faster-growing Sun Belt cities such as Houston and Phoenix having the potential to enact a bigger reduction in residential emissions than older cities such as Boston or Philadelphia, which see less change in their housing stock.