Cost of Gas

Here's One Way Not To Break The Bank On Gas

AP | CHRIS KAHN and TOM KRISHER | Posted 05.23.2012

Americans have pumped less gas every week for the past year. During those 52 weeks, gasoline consumption dropped by 4.2 billion gallons, or 3 percent...

Import Prices Rise For Eight Straight Month

Posted 08.10.2011

WASHINGTON (Pedro Nicolaci da Costa) - Import prices rose for an eighth straight month in May despite a drop in fuel costs, with the year-on-year ...

Oil's Silly Season

Daniel Dicker | Posted 07.12.2011

Daniel Dicker

I've traded oil for 25 years and I don't know if it's worth $40 a barrel or $140 a barrel today. I do know that getting past the silly season of oil pricing, and figuring out what it's really worth is going to help us all.

Ending Taxpayer Subsidies for Big Oil

Sen. Claire McCaskill | Posted 07.12.2011

Sen. Claire McCaskill

This week, I helped introduce the Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act in the Senate, which will take away $2 billion in annual subsidies American taxpayers hand to the most profitable corporations in the world.

Obama's Latest Obstacle

AP | MARK S. SMITH | Posted 06.23.2011

WASHINGTON — With gas prices climbing and little relief in sight, President Barack Obama is scrambling to get ahead of the latest potential obst...

Will Gas Prices Rise Even Higher In 2011?

AP | CHRIS KAHN | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — The price of oil is poised for another run at $100 a barrel after a global economic rebound sent it surging 34 percent since May. That co...

US Pays $400 Per Gallon For Gas In Afghanistan: Pentagon

The Hill | Roxana Tiron | Posted 05.25.2011

The Pentagon pays an average of $400 to put a gallon of fuel into a combat vehicle or aircraft in Afghanistan. The statistic is likely to play into t...

New Rule: Jet Offensive

Bill Maher | Posted 05.25.2011

Bill Maher

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Gas hits $3.60 a gallon, crude nears $120 on supply outages

AP | JOHN WILEN | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — Gas prices hit $3.60 a gallon and oil futures rose to their own new record near $120 a barrel on Monday as labor actions overseas thr...

Another Weekend, Another Record Gas Price

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

U.S. drivers are paying record prices to fill their gas tanks and they could see prices surge as much as 30 cents more per gallon over the next few we...

Govt Predicts Gas Could Hit $4 Per Gallon This Summer

McClatchy Newspapers | Kevin P. Hall | Posted 05.25.2011

Drivers beware: Today's high gasoline prices soon may look like a bargain, because they're expected to peak at $3.60 a gallon nationwide in coming mon...