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The United States Postal Service said it would replace its fleet of about 2,000 Class 8 tractors in 2005 and that its normal eight-year replacement cycle would enable the federally owned corporation to bypass the Environmental Protection Agency’s next two deadlines for additional emissions restrictions on heavy-duty diesel engines.

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Price of Crude Oil Rises to Record • Truckers Protest Fuel Prices in Washington State, Houston • DOE Expects Retail Gasoline to Peak at $2.03 • Ryder Doesn't Expect Big Effect From Higher Interest Rates • And more...

The Department of Energy said Monday the average retail price of diesel fuel rose 2.8 cents to $1.745 per gallon, moving to within 3 cents of its record high. br clear=all>

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he frustration truckers feel over surging fuel costs began to spill over in recent days, with protests first on the West Coast and then in the East.

Environmental Protection Agency head Mike Leavitt on Tuesday signed new regulations that would cut air pollution from tractors, bulldozers and other off-road diesel vehicles by over 90%, news services reported..

Oil Price Closes Above $40 a Barrel in New York • Truckers in Houston Protest High Fuel Costs • Contract Talks Resume Between Caterpillar, UAW • USF Dugan Workers in Kansas City May Vote Again on Union • And more...

Gasoline prices rose by more than 10 cents per gallon in the past two weeks, the biggest jump since last August, the Lundberg survey of stations nationwide said.

Both truckers and officials with the Port of Oakland said they expected the strike by independent truckers to end on Monday after the sides reached a deal over the weekend, news services reported.

STUTTGART, Germany — DaimlerChrysler, the world’s largest truck maker, still intends to use selective catalytic reduction for its Freightliner LLC vehicles to meet stricter U.S. emissions rules in 2010, a top executive said here last week.