Gas prices are up, and it's already prompted Republicans to pass a bill to expand offshore drilling and and force the White House to issue a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. But the hike in gas prices won't be as steep, or lasting, as some think.

“Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe,” Mr. Chu, who directs the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal in

By Charles Winokoor As gas prices continue their upward march, local drivers and independent station owners are bracing for the worst. Monday's national average price of $3.56 per gallon of regular-grade gas was the highest on record for the month of

Gas prices are up, and it's already prompted Republicans to pass a bill to expand offshore drilling and and force the White House to issue a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. But the hike in gas prices won't be as steep, or lasting, as some think.

From the Mercury News: Gas prices surging beyond $4 a gallon — and they will go higher Gasoline prices are rising at an almost unheard-of pace, and painfully so in California, where the cost for a.