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When Dennis Dukes of Cornerstone Propane first heard about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, he abandoned a business trip and headed back to his office. Conscious of the potential threat of propane in the wrong hands, Dukes hastily drafted a memo to employees, reminding them of emergency-response plans and urging them to double-check the security of storage areas. Read more»
LP Gas lists its 2001 top 50 propane retailer rankings. Read more»
Should ground transportation law be rewritten to consider protecting fuel from terrorist attack? Or should the government back off from regulating the trucking industry? An already hectic Congress just had these issues dumped in its lap. Read more»
Industry veterans joke that you can start a healthy debate on most any topic with two or more propane marketers in the room. So we were pleasantly surprised at the consistency of responses when LP/Gas Magazine asked propane retailers across the country to share opinions and details of their business for collective analysis. Read more»
Turn the final page of your trusty, worn calendar and say goodbye to 2001 –- if you can. As much as this nation wants to put the terror and tragedy of these past three months behind us, we will always cling to that historic turning point when life as we knew it forever shifted. Read more»
Experts say two keys to fostering peace and long-range prosperity within a family business are open communications and planning for the owner's retirement. Read more»
It took 25 years and 14 bills, but the Western Propane Gas Association can justifiably crow about its recent victory to permanently exempt propane from state sales tax in California. Read more»
The National Propane Gas Association's board of directors has postponed a decision to close its offices outside Chicago and relocate to Washington, D.C. It also approved a 10 percent increase in membership dues. Read more»
LP gas sold for household use and harvesting now is exempt from California sales tax. Read more»
If you haven’t received a friendly visit from the feds lately, you likely will soon. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is making rounds of almost all the nation’s hazmat carriers “to increase the level of awareness of hazardous materials carriers to terrorist threats.†Read more»
