gallon

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But the plant soon began quietly dumping millions of gallons of chemical-laced waste into the town’s eponymous river and surrounding woods.

From Los Angeles Times

As long as we’re stuck with a version of CAFE, though, there is another change needed to eliminate a distortion: Stop averaging miles per gallon and start averaging gallons burned per thousand miles.

From The Wall Street Journal

With billions of gallons of cellulosic ethanol around, the auto industry would produce cars that could take a blend of 85% ethanol, leading to greater U.S. energy self-sufficiency.

From The Wall Street Journal

The previous February, 132 million gallons of black, sludgy water, heavy with mine wastes, surged through a makeshift dam and down a mountain hollow known as Buffalo Creek.

From The Wall Street Journal

Gasoline prices reached $2.89 a gallon on Tuesday, a level not seen since April 2021, because of increased supply and lower demand.

From Barron's