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Pollution - USA - Panel says Mexican trucks must meet pollution rules
SACRAMENTO,CAL,USA -modbee.com/AP -January 28, 2006— Foreign commercial trucks coming into California soon will have to meet U.S. air pollution standards, state air regulators ruled this week as they weighed in on an international fight that went to the U.S. Supreme Court... At least 4,000 trucks operate inCalifornia on any given day without meeting U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pollution standards, said California Air Resources Board spokesman Jerry Martin. Most are from Mexico, the air board found, since most Canadian vehicles are built to U.S. specifications... The debate over the use of Mexican trucks on U.S. highways culminated in 2004 with a U.S. Supreme Court decision supporting the Bush administration's decision to let trucks into the country beyond what had been a 20-mile commercial border zone...
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