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How gas utilities used tobacco tactics to avoid gas stove regulations
By: Jeff Brady | NPR
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Updated October 17, 2023 at 5:02 AM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — In the late 1960s, natural gas utilities launched “Operation Attack,” a bold marketing campaign to bring lots more gas… Read More
Inflation got a little higher in July as prices for rent and gas spiked
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The rising cost of rent, gas and groceries pushed the annual inflation rate slightly higher last month. Consumer prices in July rose 3.2% from a year ago…. Read More
Columbia Gas of Ohio reaches preliminary agreement for rate raise in 2023
By: Renee Fox | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — After months of negotiations, Columbia Gas of Ohio reached a preliminary compromise with some state regulators and some consumer advocates to raise its rates. Columbia Gas… Read More
President Biden releases more oil from strategic reserve to help lower gas prices
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — President Biden announced the release of an additional 15 million barrels of oil from the U.S. strategic reserve. The president insisted the move is not politically motivated… Read More
Why gas prices are rising across the country again
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — Major oil-producing countries, including Saudi Arabia and Russia, have announced that they are cutting oil production by 2 million barrels per day. Americans will soon feel… Read More
Gas prices drop below $4 a gallon. These factors will determine what happens next
By: Arezou Rezvani | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — After months of budget-busting gasoline prices, the national average price of regular gas has dipped below $4. Gas prices dropped to $3.99 on Thursday, down sharply… Read More
As gas prices start to fall in Athens, some ask why they were so high in the first place
By: Jensen Knecht
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Gas prices in Athens were significantly higher than in surrounding areas for weeks, which had many frustrated customers wondering why. Patrick De Haan, a national fuel… Read More
As gas prices surge, here’s how to get the most out of your tank
By: Rachel Treisman | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Global crude oil prices have been on the rise following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with U.S. gas prices hitting a new national record on Tuesday. As… Read More
Biden announces Russian oil import ban and warns gas prices could increase even more
By: Scott Detrow | Alana Wise | NPR
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Updated March 8, 2022 at 12:28 PM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — President Biden on Tuesday announced a ban on U.S. imports of Russian oil and gas — the latest… Read More
Most Ohio Senate Republicans back bill to repeal gas tax increase, but DeWine calls it a “mistake”
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohioans have been living with a gas tax increase for almost three years. But in this election year as gas prices move higher, some Republican state… Read More
Waste to Energy – Intro to Biogas
Have you heard of biogas and wondered if you could turn your own food scraps and other organic wastes into FREE cooking fuel? Now you can! In this introductory lecture-format… Read More
More Oil From OPEC May Not Mean Relief At The Gas Pumps Anytime Soon
By: Charlotte Norsworthy | NPR
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Drivers might be cheering OPEC’s decision to increase oil production, but analysts say the extra supply isn’t expected to drive gasoline prices down in time for summer vacation season.