The California Air Resources Board Friday adopted the strictest diesel emission standards in the nation, requiring expensive diesel particulate filters on rigs on a timetable, over objections the rule could hurt or shut down smaller trucking companies, the Associated Press reported.
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EPA to Require Sensors For Emissions in 2010
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued its final rule requiring heavy-truck manufacturers to install onboard diagnostic systems starting in 2010 to alert drivers when engine emission systems are malfunctioning or deteriorating.
December 15, 2008New York Manufacturing Index Reaches All-Time Low
Manufacturing growth in New York state continued to show contraction this month, hitting the lowest level on record, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Monday.
December 15, 2008UPS Speeds Some LTL Shipments
UPS Freight said Monday it has set faster less-than-truckload shipping times between central Illinois and points throughout the country.
December 15, 2008Diesel Falls 9.3¢ to $2.422
Diesel fuel’s national average price fell 9.3 cents to $2.422 a gallon, while gasoline’s decline slowed, the Energy Department said Monday.
December 16, 2008Consumer Sentiment Index Rises After 28-Year Low
U.S. consumer confidence improved this month after last month's 28-year low, according to the Reuters/University of Michigan’s preliminary monthly consumer sentiment index, released Friday.
December 12, 2008Business Inventories Take Largest Drop in Five Years
Business inventories fell 0.6% in October, the largest decline in five years, the Commerce Department said Friday.
December 12, 2008Retail Sales Fall by For Fifth Straight Month
Retail sales fell 1.8% in November, the fifth consecutive month of decline, led by a continued drop in automobile and gasoline sales, the Commerce Department said Friday.
December 12, 2008Diesel Slips 10¢ to $2.515
The average retail price of U.S. diesel fuel dropped for the 10th consecutive week, the Department of Energy reported, but the gap between diesel and gasoline price reached the widest spread since the agency began publishing diesel prices in 1994.
December 15, 2008Obama’s Infrastructure Proposal Draws Trucking Industry Praise
President-elect Barack Obama’s promise to sponsor the largest infrastructure-building program in more than 50 years has excited trucking officials, who also encouraged the new administration not to overlook the longer-term highway spending package due next year.
December 15, 2008