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Diesel Truck Rule * USA - Debated before key vote Friday
California's air pollution board Friday will consider adopting strict new rules requiring cleaner diesel trucks to reduce the risk of health ailments linked to soot particles
San Jose,CA,USA -The San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times, by Denis Cuff -9 Dec 2008: -- ... Truckers and public health advocates call the diesel truck rule a milestone in California's campaign for clean air, but they sharply disagree whether it requires reductions too soon... To meet a series of proposed deadlines that vary by truck model, truckers would have to retrofit older diesel vehicles with pollution filters starting in 2010, and eventually replace the 1 million trucks operating in California with cleaner models by 2020... Truckers said the estimated compliance cost of $5.5 billion would cause massive disruption in their recession-plagued industry and lead to higher consumer prices for goods ranging from tennis shoes to canned foods... (Photo: One of Roadstar Trucking's trucks in for repairs at the trucking company's facility in Hayward)Labels: fuel rules
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