White House looking to Europe to release diesel from strategic reserves - POLITICO

The idea comes as high energy prices drag GOP in midterm elections… 

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/29/white-house-looking-to-europe-to-release-diesel-from-strategic-reserves-01096937 

A Major Panic In The White House

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HEpuDhbNvRI 

 

Diesel export fight strains GOP ties with Big Oil - POLITICO

Farm-state Republicans and MAGA populists are backing a diesel export ban, putting them at odds with an industry that has long been a GOP ally…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/24/diesel-export-fight-gop-big-oil-01090581

 

'Let's push prices down': Wright asks oil industry to curb exports

ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania — Energy Secretary Chris Wright is calling on the oil industry to voluntarily reduce diesel fuel exports in a bid to bring down prices domestically ahead of midterm elections. 

The former oil industry executive’s pitch in Pennsylvania comes a day after POLITICO reported the White House was preparing plans to impose a 90-day halt on exports of the fuel, which triggered an outcry in the U.S. oil industry and showed the pressure President Donald Trump’s administration is under from voters to address affordability issues…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/24/wright-seeking-voluntary-fuel-export-cuts-01092137

 

‘Astronomical’ fuel price surge hits farmers in UK and US

Intensification of Middle East conflict and ongoing Russian export ban sees diesel prices rise 10% in less than a week…

 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/sep/04/fuel-price-surge-diesel-farmers-uk-us

 

Diesel prices hit all-time high as Trump administration brandishes energy policies - POLITICO

Forget record high $5.03 gasoline. The latest political pothole is $5.82 diesel…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/03/diesel-prices-hit-all-time-high-as-trump-administration-brandishes-energy-policies-01063862

 

A 'sleeper issue' in red states this fall: Diesel prices - POLITICO

Republicans have been facing a problem with voters over high gasoline prices for months — but the economic pain from near-record diesel fuel prices looks set to hit at the worst possible time for them…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/01/diesel-prices-could-fuel-problems-for-republicans-in-red-states-01052407

 

Air pollution nanoparticles linked to brain cancer for first time

New research has linked air pollution nanoparticles to brain cancer for the first time. The ultra-fine particles (UFPs) are produced by fuel burning, particularly in diesel vehicles, and higher exposures significantly increase people’s chances of getting the deadly cancer. ....
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/13/air-pollution-particles-linked-to-brain-cancer-in-new-research

Silent, water-emitting trains fuelled by hydrogen ‘to be introduced to UK railways in two years’ | The Independent

Upgrading existing rolling stock means diesel can be phased out without costly electrification of railways....
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/hydrogen-trains-replace-diesel-electric-alstrom-eversholt-air-pollution-a8715861.html

'It's A Big One': Iowa Pipeline Leaks Nearly 140,000 Gallons Of Diesel

An underground pipeline that runs through multiple Midwestern states has leaked an estimated 138,000 gallons of diesel fuel, according to the company that owns it, Magellan Midstream Partners. 

Clay Masters of Iowa Public Radio reported diesel leaking from a 12-inch underground pipe was initially spotted in a farm field in north-central Worth County, Iowa, on Wednesday morning. Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Iowa Department of Natural Resources joined representatives of Magellan and other local officials at the site, Masters reported.

"It's a big one — it's significant," Jeff Vansteenburg of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources told the Des Moines Register....
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/26/511636325/its-a-big-one-iowa-pipeline-leaks-nearly-140-000-gallons-of-diesel?ft=nprml&f=1001

4 major world cities just agreed to get rid of diesel engines

Paris, Madrid, Athens, and Mexico City will ban diesel engines by 2025, mayors of the four major world cities announced this week. The announcement came as part of the biennial C40 conference. Cities have become major catalysts for addressing climate change, and through the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group — a global initiative that brings cities together to plan and share best practices — thousands of climate actions have taken place....
https://thinkprogress.org/diesel-ban-cities-8124d0834b7e#.ibwvtfvva