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1 week ago | fueloilnews.com | Stephen Bennett

Richard Slifka, chairman of the board of Global Partners, who with his late brother, Alfred, helped shape Global over more than six decades, died on May 25. He was 85. “Richard helped lay the foundation for what Global is today, working alongside my father with quiet strength and enduring values,” said Eric Slifka, president and CEO of Global Partners LP. Eric Slifka is Alfred’s son and Richard’s nephew.

2 weeks ago | fueloilnews.com | Stephen Bennett

The Trump Administration is planning to eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR program, according to reports by CNN and other news outlets. The program is “a public-private partnership certifying energy efficient consumer appliances like air conditioners, heat pumps, furnaces, boilers, refrigerators and washing machines,” the National Energy & Fuels Institute noted in the May 13 issue of its newsletter, National Energy Online News (NEON).

3 weeks ago | fueloilnews.com | Stephen Bennett

The remaining 2025 LIHEAP funds – $401.5 million – have been released. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the release of $401,540,000 for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program on May 1, and the money was released that day, said Mark Wolfe, executive director of the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA). “It’s already been distributed. The states have access to it,” Wolfe told Fuel Oil News.

3 weeks ago | fueloilnews.com | Stephen Bennett

Thomas J. Tubman, a longtime executive in and advocate for the industry, died on May 11, 2025, the National Energy & Fuels Institute announced. He was 77. He was predeceased by his wife, Dorothy A. Tubman. Here is an obituary, slightly edited, that was published by NEFI:Thomas J.

3 weeks ago | fueloilnews.com | Stephen Bennett

The President’s FY 26 Budget for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) would eliminate $4 billion in assistance to about 6 million very low-income households that rely on LIHEAP to pay their home heating and cooling bills. The President’s proposal to gut federal support could not come at a worse time for the households served by LIHEAP.