Trucking Industry Won't Fight Diesel Rules
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After years of resistance, the U.S. trucking industry says it will not try to impede or delay a new federal rule aimed at cutting diesel pollution.
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"The blockades are still there despite the ministry's decision. We'll have to see what to do today ... It's too soon for the moment to talk about using force."  By Robin PomeroyROME  - Italian truckers defied a government demand that they end their three-day-old strike on Wednesday, keeping in place road blockades that have dried up fuel supplies and stopped fresh food reaching shops and markets.The strike, in protest against high fuel costs and poor working conditions, meant supermarket shelves in places that are usually crammed with fresh fruit and vegetables were bare, and most filling stations were closed.By blockading motorways at strategic points across the country since Monday, the truckers have brought parts of the economy to a standstill. Carmaker Fiat closed down factories for lack of parts and told thousands of workers to stay at home. Read more
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By Dave Greber  MIDDLETOWN  --  Underground gas lines and nearby Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks are making the cleanup of a 10,000-gallon diesel fuel spill difficult, officials from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday.
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Germany's Daimler AG , the world's biggest truckmaker, does not expect the truck market in the United States to rebound until early next year, Chief Financial Officer Bodo Uebber told a conference call on Thursday.
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The Bush administration is making headway with other nations in setting new global standards to reduce dangerous emissions from giant diesel-burning ships that pollute U.S. ports, a senior environmental official said Thursday. An emergency room physician described a "diesel death zone" around major U.S. seaports, with higher cancer rates and other health risks.
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Halliburton Co. HAL.N may decide not  to submit bids for the logistics contracts it holds in Iraq if  the U.S. military divides up the work too deeply, Chief  Executive Officer Dave Lesar told an analysts' conference in  New York on Tuesday.
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The U.S. manufacturing sector will grow at a slower pace over the next two years than it did in 2006, according to a new report, as new clean-air rules for diesel engines, and continued weakness in the housing and auto industries, weigh on key industrial end markets.
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U.S. retail gasoline prices declined for the ninth week in a row and truckers are enjoying the cheapest diesel fuel in almost four months, the Energy Department said on Monday.
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By Douglas Fischer, STAFF WRITER  A federal judge Wednesday upheld a Clinton-era decision leaving vast roadless tracts of the country's national forests off-limits to logging trucks, drilling rigs and other traffic.   The decision, by U.S.
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NEW YORK  - An expert panel has recommended   new guidelines to more consistently screen and treat commercial   truck drivers for sleep apnea, a breathing disorder that can   disrupt sleep and cause daytime drowsiness.
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Those fuel-economy estimates posted on new cars and trucks are baloney. The government agency in charge of them doesn&#39;t mean them to be; in fact, the US Environmental Protection Agency seems unusually scrupulous about its ...
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"On the Road Again" means something new for Willie Nelson these days &#151; a chance for truckers to fill their tanks with clean-burning biodiesel fuel.
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WASHINGTON _ In a sharp exchange with House Democrats, the chief of the Environmental Protection Agency Friday said he would not decide whether to issue regulations controlling greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles until late next year.
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A plan to allow Mexican trucking companies deeper into the United States drew an angry reaction from labor leaders, safety advocates and members of Congress.
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California sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday for denying its first-in-the-nation greenhouse gas limits on cars, trucks and SUVs, challenging the Bush administration's conclusion that states have no business setting emission standards.
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MONTERREY, Mexico  - A U.S. Senate decision to block funding for a test program to let Mexico's long-haul trucks operate in the United States uses outdated safety fears to mask protectionism, Mexican truckers and the U.S. government say.
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A rattled industry keeps on rolling, but between diesel prices and rising demand, it's a bumpy ride.