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Environment Canada may begin to scrutinize railroads’ fuel emission standards more closely in response to an exchange of letters over the past few months between Minister of the Environment David Anderson and Canadian Trucking Alliance Chief Executive Officer David Bradley.

American Trucking Associations will celebrate “leadership, commitment and results” at its Management Conference & Exhibition Oct. 29-Nov. 1 in San Diego.

Faced with increasing traffic congestion and air pollution, New York City officials have sought for years to obtain improved and direct rail freight service to the four boroughs that lie east of the Hudson River. And now an investment of $20 million is buoying their expectations.

Trucking’s fight to simplify the medical examination form and rid the health history section of such terms as “fits, syphilis and gonorrhea and nervous stomach” has scored a victory.

In the news this morning: Teamsters go on strike at Calif. Safeway distribution center; Yellow Corp. tops 3Q expectations; high fuel prices, low demand dent Covenant's 3Q results; and more.

This afternoon's headlines: Trism CEO, CFO step down; Cooper Tire to lay off 1,100 workers, scale back operations; FTC approves Goodyear-Treadco joint venture; and more.

Today's technology headlines: Sprint PCS customers get instant messages; J.C. Penney becoming click-and-mortar powerhouse; location-based tech moving ahead of schedule; and more.

Petroleum futures prices soared late last week as escalating violence in the Middle East evaporated the budding optimism that world fuel prices were headed downward.

A big boost for roadside inspections, a program to crack down on truckers with poor driving records and the resurrection of the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee are part of the new appropriations bill for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Trucking companies that boost the power of their citizen band radio base stations above authorized levels could get a visit from state or local authorities if a bill endorsed by several Midwestern senators is passed.