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TRUCKERS' PROTEST * USA - Form convoy over emissions requirement
A new law goes into effect next month that could force thousands of trucks that haul goods from the Port of Oakland to park their rigs or face big fines
Sacramento,CA,USA -(SEE VIDEO)KGO-TV/DT, by Nannette Miranda -9 Dec 2009: ... However, truckers rallied in Sacramento on Wednesday, saying the new restrictions are too much to take on in these tough economic times... Truckers from the Port of Oakland led a convoy to Sacramento to protest a new law that forces 40,000 of the state's oldest and dirtiest trucks to reduce diesel emissions next month. Another one million must comply by 2011... Citing the weak economy with many trucks sitting idle during this recession, the trucking industry asked the California Air Resources Board to delay the law because the cost to replace or retrofit a fleet is bank-breaking... The board, though, will re-do the science over the next few weeks and may consider giving the trucking industry more flexibility with the bad economy in mind, before the second wave of big-rigs must comply... (Photo by Spencer Brown, from assets.bizjournals: Trucks with engines built before 1994 will be banned from the Port of Oakland starting next year)
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