A biodiesel pump at an Iowa Kum & Go fuel station. The HBIIP grant program provides federal dollars intended to increase sales and consumption of biodiesel and ethanol. IowaBiodieselBoard via Flickr The U.S. Department of Agriculture will release nearly $260 million in new funds among a pot of $537 million in biofuel grants containing unfulfilled ...more

Almonds growing on a tree in Firebaugh, Calif. Almonds top the list of California farm exports. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg) Gov. Gavin Newsom said he’s seeking exemptions for California-made products from retaliatory tariffs and wants to open talks with global allies over new trade relationships, casting the state as a buffer against the fallout of Donald ...more

A worker installs parts on a vehicle on the assembly line at the Nissan Motor Co. manufacturing facility in Smyrna, Tenn. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News) Nissan Motor Co. decided to stop selling a pair of Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs in the U.S. market, in response to President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on car imports. New orders for ...more

The entrance of Colonial Pipeline in Charlotte, N.C. (Chris Carlson/Associated Press) Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP and its institutional associates agreed to acquire Colonial Enterprises Inc., the operator of the biggest U.S. fuel pipeline, in a deal that values the pipeline operator at $9 billion. Colonial’s five owners are selling their entire stakes to Brookfield, including ...more

A person waits in a line for a prospective employer at a job fair. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky/File) WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added a surprising 228,000 jobs last month, as the American labor market continues to show resilience as President Donald Trump wages trade wars, purges federal workers and deports immigrants working in the United States ...more

A worker loads rolls of steel plate at a steel market in Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang province on March 31. (Chinatopix Via AP) BANGKOK — China announced April 4 that it will impose a 34% tariff on imports of all U.S. products beginning April 10, part of a flurry of retaliatory measures following U.S. ...more

Vehicles bound for export in Ulsan, South Korea. (SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg News) Just hours after taking effect, President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on imported cars were already reverberating around the globe. Jeep maker Stellantis NV plans to temporarily halt some production in Canada and Mexico. Ford Motor Co. began offering steep discounts to keep customers coming ...more

Hyundai pledged to hold prices steady until June 2. (Hyundai) Jeep maker Stellantis NV is offering fresh discounts across its brands while Hyundai Motor Co. pledged to hold prices steady until June 2 in a bid to ease fears that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will make cars much more expensive. Hyundai’s commitment also applies to ...more

A crash involving three semi trucks, two loaded with steel, sent one motorist to the hospital on Thursday afternoon. The accident happened on April 3rd in Madisonville, Texas on Interstate 45 near FM 2989 at around noon.According to KHOU 11, a semi truck lost control while traveling south on I-45 and hit an exit sign, ...more

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued a final report on the probable cause of a fiery single commercial vehicle crash that caused the catastrophic collapse of a portion of I-95 in Philadelphia in 2023. The crash occurred at 6:17 a.m. on June 11, 2023, as tanker truck driver Nathaniel Moody, 53, was hauling 8,500 gallons of ...more