WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY:
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The finalists for the 2026 Nikon Comedy Wildfire Awards were announced over the weekend, with the winner set to be revealed on Dec. 8.
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Check out some of the finalists’ photos here. 🦉🐊🐘
- ⛽📜 In today’s newsletter, we take a look at whether President Donald Trump’s executive order allowing for greater access to red-dyed diesel will provide the relief farmers and truckers are looking for.
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Who benefits from dyed diesel access?
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President Donald Trump has expanded access to tax-exempt red-dyed diesel to combat record-high fuel prices, but it may provide only limited relief to farmers and truckers.
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Dyed diesel is mainly used in the agriculture and industrial sectors to power off-road vehicles.
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Trump’s order would expand its use to all drivers and defer the 24.4 cent per gallon tax for a year while exploring avenues to eliminate it.
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The White House claims that the order would save truckers and farmers about $60 per fill-up, but it might not be that simple.
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Gas Buddy analyst Patrick De Haan wrote that farmers are unlikely to see significant relief from the president’s executive order because they already rely on tax-free dyed diesel for their operations.
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Still, the American Farm Bureau Federation applauded the president’s order, stating that it would provide relief for farmers because “every cent per gallon matters…”
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The order addresses the federal restrictions on dyed diesel, but states have their own laws that make it illegal to use the fuel on public roads.
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“States have their own motor fuel/diesel taxes, which are often higher than the 24.4c/gal diesel tax, and they have their own laws banning dyed fuel in on-road or highway vehicles,” De Haan wrote.
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“A presidential order can’t override state tax law.”
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Andy Lipow, president of Lipow Oil Associates, told Maydeen that truckers will gain only a limited benefit from the executive order because individual states would need to exempt their restrictions.
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“If you’re a trucker, and you are going, say, cross country.
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You might fill up with your diesel fuel in a state that permits its use on the road,” Lipow said.
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“But what happens when you cross state lines and go to a state that does not permit its use?”
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The order calls on states to suspend their enforcement on dyed diesel.
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Several states have already temporarily suspended restrictions on using dyed diesel.
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“You need federal and state approval in order to get this to work, and you need it on a widespread basis,” Lipow added.
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De Haan noted that the order’s impact at the pump is “likely to be limited and flat-out lumpy.”
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IEA TO DECIDE DETAILS OF G7 OIL AND DIESEL RELEASE NEXT WEEK:
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The International Energy Agency plans to provide more details on its plan to release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel from the G7 emergency stock.
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Reuters reported that the IEA will hold a board meeting on Oct 14-15 to work out details of the fuel release.
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As a reminder, the G7 last week agreed to release emergency oil and diesel to curb high prices but did not provide a breakdown of the volumes it would release.
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The IEA will be coordinating the release of the fuels.
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TOP AIR REGULATOR LEAVES EPA:
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Environmental Protection Agency top air regulator Aaron Szabo has officially left the agency.
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Szabo, who led the agency’s Office of Air and Radiation as assistant administrator, left Friday, Reuters reported.
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He was expected to leave the agency in July but was asked to remain in his post longer.
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During Szabo’s time at the agency, the EPA repealed the 2009 Endangerment Finding and has worked to roll back emission standards for power plants.
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The EPA told Reuters that Szabo has done “tremendous work” to advance the administration’s agenda, helping deliver “the single largest deregulatory action in U.S. history.”
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The agency did not say who would replace Szabo.
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WHERE ELECTRICITY PRICES ARE RISING THE MOST:
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The Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration released its monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook this earlier today, offering new estimates on where electricity prices are increasing the fastest, and by how much.
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The EIA estimates that nationwide wholesale electricity prices will average around $52 per megawatt-hour this year, roughly 11% higher than prices in 2025.
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One of the largest drivers of the higher prices has been “weather-related increases,” the EIA said.
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The agency specifically pointed to record-breaking summer temperatures, which increased electricity consumption by 4% during the third quarter of this year.
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…and 40 more, not listed.
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