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CLEAN TRUCKS * USA & Canada - Port of LA Extends Lobbying Contract
Efforts to draw new limits on federal trucking oversight and allow local regulation of harbor trucking
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Bill Mongelluzzo -Jan 21, 2010: -- The Los Angeles Harbor Commission Thursday approved a contract extension to represent the port's interests involving its clean-truck program. The Washington lobbying firm is spearheading port efforts to draw new limits on federal trucking oversight and allow local regulation of harbor trucking... Efforts by the Port of Los Angeles to amend the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act have divided the freight transportation industry... At the core of this effort is an attempt by the Teamsters union to organize port truckers nationwide. Most harbor truck drivers are owner-operators, and unions by law can not organize independent contractors... Transportation companies and cargo interests oppose any attempt to weaken federal government authority over interstate commerce. A unionized driver force, such as existed before the trucking industry was de-regulated in 1980, would result in increased harbor drayage costs, they argue... The F4A prohibits state and local governments from regulating truck rates, routes and services. Los Angeles is seeking regulatory authority over harbor trucking in issues related to security and the environment...
* Canada - Quebec adopts California light-duty emission rules
Montreal,QBC,CAN -Fleet Owner (USA) -Jan 21, 2010: -- Quebec has become the first Canadian province to adopt California’s emissions standards for cars and light-duty trucks, according to Reuters news agency. The new rules will impose increasingly stringent limits on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from cars and light trucks made between 2010 and 2016 that are sold in the province... Emissions from vehicles will be cut by about 35% over the four years, from 187 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer for passenger vehicles to 127 grams per kilometer by 2016, Charles Larochelle, Asst. Deputy Environment Minister for Quebec, said in an interview...
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