Weekly Watchlist: Fuel Crunch Lingers After Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack
Greetings, Quicktake readers! This week, the gasoline pinch may grind on for a week or longer after the Colonial Pipeline hack. Plus: Israel steps up airstrikes on Hamas amid the worst violence in years. Stream now for free.
Fuel is flowing through the Colonial Pipeline again after a cyberattack shut down America’s largest petroleum artery for five days—albeit at a much slower rate. Shortages continued in large parts of the Eastern and Southern U.S. on Thursday, and it’ll likely take days to fully replenish supplies. President Joe Biden asked customers not to hoard gasoline.