Liam Denning, Columnist

Diesel Squeeze Is Next Energy Hurdle for White House

With winter finally gusting into the Northeast, US stocks of the fuel are low.

November 10, 2022 at 12:16 PM UTC

Liam Denning is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering energy. A former banker, he edited the Wall Street Journal’s Heard on the Street column and wrote the Financial Times’s Lex column.

A tanker truck parks at a diesel fuel pump in Illinois. — A tanker truck parks at a diesel fuel pump in Illinois.
Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg

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Having seemingly dodged a bullet over gasoline prices in the midterms, Democrats’ next energy hurdle concerns diesel.