John MacKenna December 10, 2015
It looks like New England doesn’t need new natural gas pipelines after all. After a multi-year pro-pipeline propaganda blitz by the natural gas industry and its allies in the government and regulatory sectors, a new study commissioned by Massachusett...
O&E Staff Reporter December 10, 2015
Heating oil associations are continuing to challenge the aggressive expansionist policies of natural gas utilities across New England....
O&E Staff Reporter December 10, 2015
A Massachusetts company is selling a high-tech line of oil-absorbing products for cleaning up spills large and small. OPFLEX Environmental Technologies, of West Hyannisport, MA, has developed a foam cell material that absorbs oil but not water, which m...
O&E Staff Reporter December 10, 2015
Several New York City agencies recently issued a report on schemes allegedly used by delivery companies to defraud heating oil customers, including city agencies. The report follows a two-year investigation that yielded indictments of nine fuel delivery c...
John MacKenna December 10, 2015
The New York Oil Heating Association (NYOHA) is helping a teacher in Bronx, NY, incorporate clean-burning Bioheat® fuel as a teaching tool in an interdisciplinary approach to HVAC training. Pete Gonzalez is teaching the science of Bioheat® fuel – a...
Richard Pummell, Foley Carrier Services December 10, 2015
Most Department of Transportation (DOT)-regulated businesses understand whe or if they are required to “get their drivers drug tested.” Here's what they need to know. However, there are many components of a compliant DOT Drug & Alcohol Testing Prog...
