Forget about high gas prices. It’s record-breaking diesel that America is now starting to fret about. Lawmakers and economists have turned a more critical eye to all-time-high diesel prices in recent weeks, which remain on a record-shattering streak even as oil and gas prices have cooled. Crude crude has pulled back from $100 a barrel,
In the UK, meanwhile, the prolonged dry spell is increasing pressure on already-stretched water supplies. England and Wales recorded their driest July since records began 190 years ago, according to the Met Office, while large parts of England and all of Wales have already been officially declared in drought. The Environment Agency has warned that