Fuel Costs

New Pee Before You Fly Policy Aims To Reduce Carbon Emissions

Mother Nature Network | Posted 10.07.2009 | Green


Japanese airline All Nippon Airways (ANA) is determined to lower its carbon emissions any way possible, and that includes an experimental new polic...

Five Things Mr. Obama Must Say About Detroit -- and Fast

Steve Parker | Posted 02.18.2009 | Business


Steve Parker

While GM and Chrysler both remain on life support (and Ford has also been talking with the government about a credit line or loan), the car and truck business around the world is not doing much better than Detroit.

The Word on the Street

James P. Hoffa | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics


James P. Hoffa

Rank-and-file teamsters get it. They aren't willing to be swayed by false, irrelevant arguments. They want change. They want ideas. And the fact is -- McCain doesn't have any.

Fuel Poverty in UK, Government Faces Court Action VIDEO >>

George Spyros | Posted 11.15.2008 | Green


George Spyros

BBC News video segment: The UK government faces court action over claims millions are in fuel poverty despite a pledge to eradicate it. [today is Bl...

Pilots: To Cut Costs, Airlines Forcing Us To Fly Low On Fuel

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 09.08.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — Pilots are complaining that their airline bosses, desperate to cut costs, are forcing them to fly uncomfortably low on fuel. Safet...

The New, Less Pungent Scent of Green

David Hall | Posted 07.17.2008 | Green


David Hall

Years ago, in a time of plentiful cheap food, energy and fuel, a green lifestyle was seen as a superfluous luxury. That was then, this is now.

Fox News' Sly Distortion Of Obama On Gas Prices

MOMocrats | Posted 06.19.2008 | Home


MOMocrats

FOX Watch: MOMocrat Jaelithe throws a wrench into the typical Fox News spin cycle, reporting on a sly distortion of a statement made by Barack Obama on the high price of gas.

Airlines Seek Out New Ways To Save On Fuel As Costs Soar

New York Times | MICHELINE MAYNARD | Posted 06.18.2008 | Business


The nation's airlines are scrutinizing every step of their operations, from the tarmac to the sky, and from the nose to the tail of their planes, sear...

Military Feels Fuel-Cost Gouge in Iraq

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Think you're being gouged by Big Oil? U.S. troops in Iraq are paying almost as much as Americans back home, despite burning fuel at...

Airlines Dump Planes, Routes, And Workers

Chicago Tribune | Julie Johnsson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Airline mergers may be off the table, for now, but a major industry reordering is still under way as United, Delta and Northwest Airlines contemplate ...

Eco-Scandal! AA Plane Flies 5 Passengers From US To London

Telegraph | David Millward | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


A major airline is under fire from environmentalists for flying an aircraft across the Atlantic with only five passengers on board. The flight from ...

Oil Profits Suggest Big Oil May Be Gauging Americans

AP | John Poretto | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Historic oil prices and $3-a-gallon gasoline have been contributing to fears of a recession, but they've yet to cause the hue and cry that some might ...

FedEx Blames High Fuel Costs For Q2 Losses

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Package delivery company FedEx Corp. said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter earnings fell 6 percent, as the impact of high fuel costs and a weakening...

Experts: Record Gas Prices Near Despite Recent Drop

Los Angeles Times | Elizabeth Douglass and Ronald D. White | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Nationwide fuel costs surged again in the last week, the Energy Department said Tuesday, pushing prices higher than they've ever been at this time of ...