AMERIgreen Energy and their 100% American Fuel dealers hosted a Video Essay Challenge as a way for students to express their thoughts on energy solutions for the future. Students created 30 second videos focused on one of the question prompts related to what is the best energy source for the future. The contest was open to students in grades 1-12, ...

After several decades of hard work, research, artifact collection and countless hours of volunteer time, a permanent exhibit showcasing the history and contributions of the propane industry will open this August. This display will be part of the Smithsonian-affiliated National Museum of Industrial History in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The official ribbon cutting for the museum will take place on Aug. 2 ...

The first Global Tank Truck Conference (www.GlobalTankTruckConference.com), sponsored by Amthor International, will be held Oct. 6-8 at the Grandover Resort and Conference Center in Greensboro, NC.  The theme of the GTTC 2016 conference is Diversification in a Changing Economy.  The purpose of the event is to bring leaders, business owners, managers and entrepreneurs in the refined fuel, propane, portable restroom, ...

Rush Street Capital announced that it has procured financing for Stone Road Energy, a Stone Road Capital Partners portfolio company. Proceeds from the financing were used for the acquisition of Manchester, Vt. – based Dorr Oil Company, Inc., and the purchase of storage tanks and equipment. The financing closed on June 17, 2016. RSC was the exclusive financial advisor to ...

ReThink Energy NJ and partners announced that Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ D-12) will introduce legislation to toughen Federal Energy Regulatory Commission oversight by requiring it to apply more comprehensive procedures to its review of proposed pipeline applications before granting a certificate of public convenience and necessity. Watson Coleman made the announcement during a press conference at Baldpate Mountain in ...

The Renewable Fuels Association is pleased with the findings from a recent report that concluded biofuels from crops do not harm food supplies. The report was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, the World Bank and other groups. “The high-profile expansion of ethanol production in the United States and Brazil, in tandem with a global price spike in food ...

Vermont Gas announced recently that its 41-mile natural gas pipeline extension will cost 7.8% more than the most recent projections, marking the latest in a series of cost overruns for the project, whose costs are borne largely by ratepayers, according to an article by Vermont Digger. “It’s the fourth time Vermont Gas has upped the price tag,” the article stated. ...

On Wednesday, June 22, President Barack Obama signed S. 2276, the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2016.  This legislation includes a provision that requires an independent study of the regulations placed on jurisdictional propane systems.  This bill has moved quickly through the legislative process in the last few weeks, and its enactment marks a great ...

On June 24, 39 senators sent a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, urging EPA to ensure the final 2017 Renewable Fuel Standard rule “promote[s] growth in the U.S. biofuel sector and capture economic opportunity rather than drive investment overseas.” The 2017 proposal calls on refiners to blend 14.8 billion gallons of conventional biofuels in 2017, slightly below the 15-billion-gallon ...

API Director of Tax and Accounting Policy Stephen Comstock issued the following statement on the Task Force on Tax Reform’s blueprint recently released by House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and House Ways and Means Chairman Brady (R-TX). “The industry remains focused on a tax code that can support growth in the economy, and it’s clear that many of the ideas ...