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Haffner’s announced that it is expanded its presence in Massachusetts through two acquisitions, including Huhtala Oil & Propane, which has provided oil and propane delivery and HVAC services in Worcester County for over 75 years. Huhtala’s East Templeton office located at 198 Patriots Road, which also has a Mobil gas station with diesel offering, will begin operating under the Haffner’s ...

Irving Oil is conducting a strategic review of the company and “a series of options are being evaluated related to the company’s future,” it said in a statement posted on its website. “No decisions have been made about where this strategic review may lead,” the company said. “Consideration will be given to a new ownership structure, a full or partial ...

The EPA issued a proposal to limit the Energy Star certification to heat pumps exclusively, potentially excluding furnaces and boilers from the program, reported the National Energy & Fuels Institute. Central air conditioners would also be affected. The proposal is “part of the administration’s broader plan to discourage continued use of liquid fuel and gas appliances and push consumers towards ...

The Lincoln Town Council voted to approve a 20-plus-year lease between the town of Lincoln, Maine, and Biofine Developments Northeast (BDNE) for the development of a biofuels refinery on the site of the former Lincoln Pulp & Tissue Mill, now known as the Lincoln Technology Park. Construction of the project is expected to commence by July of 2024. The Biofine ...

Andrew Boyle, co-president of Massachusetts-based Boyle Transportation and first vice chairman of the American Trucking Associations, told Congress the trucking industry was committed to further reducing emissions but that regulations must be technically achievable, national in scope, and set on a realistic timeline.  Testifying before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s Clean Air, Climate and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee on ...

American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear issued the following statement on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Phase 3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles rule: “The trucking industry starts at ‘yes.’ We share the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving fuel efficiency and believe any regulation must be practical, achievable, and based on ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Community Services (OCS), Division of Energy Assistance (DEA), announced the release of $1 billion in funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2023. Congress appropriated these funds under the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023, which Congress ...

Clean Fuels Alliance America filed formal comments Feb. 10 on the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Renewable Fuel Standards for 2023–2025 and Other Changes. “After sending signals supporting growth for biomass-based diesel and advanced biofuels in June 2022, EPA reverted to the pattern of flatlined volumes common in previous years,” the Alliance said in a statement. “Clean Fuels asks the agency ...

Kevin Beckett, CEO & President of R.W. Beckett Corp., announced today at the Clean Fuels Conference sponsored by the Clean Fuels Alliance America (CFAA) that next week, R.W. Beckett will produce the first production run of burners with B100 compliant components with their full warranty. This supports the company’s alignment with the Providence Resolution adopted by the liquid fuel heating ...

With the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Congress has created a $600 consumer income tax credit for the installation of renewable fuels compatible liquid fuel appliances, NORA explains in a Jan. 16 news release: With this act, low-carbon liquid fuel heating appliances have been identified as a viable path for GHG reductions. The heating appliance qualifies by ...