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NewsSeptember 25, 2009

EPA Mandates Greenhouse Gas Reporting by Manufacturers

In an effort to find out where greenhouse gas emissions are coming from, the Environmental Protection Agency has issued a final rule, requiring large emitters of heat-trapping emissions, including manufacturers heavy-duty trucks and engines, to report emissions data annuall

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NewsSeptember 25, 2009

House Votes to Extend Highway Spending for Three Months

The U.S. House of Representatives this week passed a bill that would extend current federal highway spending programs for three months

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NewsSeptember 24, 2009

LoJack Integrates With NC4's Incident Monitoring

LoJack Supply Chain Integrity has partnered with NC4, which provides situational awareness tools, to integrate NC4's External Situational Awareness incident monitoring service into its Supply Chain Information Sharing and Analysis Center

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NewsSeptember 24, 2009

Advocates File Petition For Cell Phone Ban Among Truckers

The Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety has filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Transportation, calling on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to implement a rulemaking that would restrict the use of "unsafe electronic devices

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NewsSeptember 23, 2009

Missouri Driver Pleads Not Guilty in Crash-related Deaths

An Associated Wholesale Grocers driver from Missouri pleaded not guilty Wednesday to accusations that he is at fault for the 10 deaths that occurred in a June 26 cras

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NewsSeptember 23, 2009

Resolution to Cross-border Trucking Dispute On Hold

Roy Kienitz, the Department of Transportation's undersecretary for policy, does not expect the Obama administration to move on resolving the cross-border trucking issue this year, according to an article in Inside U.S. Trade

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NewsSeptember 22, 2009

New Mexico Study Points to High-risk Behaviors in Truckers

Long-haul truck drivers are involved in higher risk behaviors, including high-risk sexual behaviors and drug and alcohol us

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NewsSeptember 21, 2009

New Federal Initiative Focuses on Women in Transportation Field

Through a partnership between the U.S. Department of Transportation and Spelman College, a new program has been developed to encourage girls to pursue careers in science, engineering and technology and help women in the field achieve their goal

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NewsSeptember 18, 2009

FMCSA Rolls Out CSA 2010 Web Site

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has rolled out a new web site to provide information about the Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010, or CSA 2010

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NewsSeptember 18, 2009

Transport Funding Measure Contains Weight Increase for Maine

The Senate late last week passed a bill containing a proposal by Sen. Susan Collins to allow 100,000 pound, six-axle trucks on Maine's I-95 in a one-year pilot program

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