Faces & Places: April 2022

April 29, 2022 By LP Gas

In April’s Faces & Places, find images of industry members at the Propane Education & Research Council’s 2022 National Propane Education & Training Conference.

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Photo: Bill Oxford/iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

Considering indoor air quality when cooking

April 28, 2022 By Tom Jaenicke

Gas ban bureaucrats ignore issues with electric stoves and would have consumers believe that indoor air quality is compromised when cooking with propane.

This article is tagged with California Air Resources Board, electricity, Marketing Mix, Propane Education & Research Council (PERC), Warm Thoughts Communications and posted in Blue Flame Blog, Current Issue, From the Magazine

Conference highlights tips for educating, training employees

April 27, 2022 By Carly Bemer

As companies become creative in hiring approaches, providing proper training to new employees is critical to maintain the industry’s reputation for safety.

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Propane makes push to replace diesel in ports

April 19, 2022 By Brian Richesson

A push to displace diesel equipment plus $450 million in federal infrastructure funding is helping to position propane as a fuel of choice in ports.

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LP Gas Hall of Fame profile: Joe Rose

April 18, 2022 By Ellen Kriz

Retail veteran and association leader, Joe Rose, unites a region under propane’s banner. Get to know this 2022 LP Gas Hall of Fame inductee.

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Propane autogas vehicles photo courtesy of Joe Mulone Photography

New York, Vermont leaders celebrate renewable propane’s arrival

April 15, 2022 By Brian Richesson

New York state celebrated its first delivery of renewable propane, educating event attendees about how a traditional fossil fuel now has a renewable component.

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2020 propane sales report reflects impacts of pandemic

April 14, 2022 By Brian Richesson

Record-high temperatures in parts of the U.S. and slowdowns in economic activities owing to COVID-19 impacted annual U.S. retail propane gallon sales in 2020.

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McAbee Trucking, a freight shipping and trucking company based in Blacksburg, South Carolina, operates Ford F-750 delivery trucks fueled by propane autogas. The vehicles are used for contracted parcel delivery routes. (Photo courtesy of Roush CleanTech)

Propane autogas provides relief for fleet vehicles

April 5, 2022 By Brian Richesson

PERC’s Steve Whaley has prioritized helping propane marketers transition their own fleets to autogas. Rising fuel prices give him another point of emphasis.