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A diesel export ban won't lower the price at the pump

Trump backs a ban on diesel exports to cut US fuel prices, but refinery economics suggest it wouldn't work that way.

Green Brief Desk · September 21, 2026

Paneles solares en Cariñena, España, 2015 01 08, DD 09 12 PAN
Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
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  • Policy Regulation, targets and what governments actually did.
  • Science New findings, and what they change about the projections.
  • Energy The transition, its costs, and where it is stalling.
  • Impacts Heat, water, fire and storm — what is happening now.

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