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The Department of Energy said Tuesday the average retail price of diesel fuel in the United States rose 1.6 cents per gallon to $1.584.

WASHINGTON — U.S. 91��Ƶland Security Secretary Tom Ridge told trucking executives that one of his primary challenges was to balance the often conflicting goals of security and commerce.

The General Accounting Office and the Environmental Protection Agency have agreed to participate in the Diesel Engine Emissions Summit II next month and discuss GAO’s eagerly awaited report on the government’s implementation of new diesel emissions rules in 2002. br clear=all>

FBI Takes Records From Trucking Firm in Ricin Probe • Grenade in Car Closes U.S.-Canada Border Crossing • Another Shooting Believed Linked to Ohio Highway Sniper • Ridge Says 'Logjam' Holding Up Security Funding

Smithway Posts 4Q Loss • DaimlerChrysler to Extend CEO Schrempp's Contract • XRG Completes Acquisition of R&R Express • OPEC May Cut Production Again in March

The Federal Reserve reported Tuesday industrial production in the United States rose 0.8% in January, while the proportion of industrial capacity in use rose to 76.2%, the highest since June 2002.

The new driver hours-of-service regulations, which fleet managers say could cost them up to 20% of productivity in some delivery segments, may also boost trucking's already growing interest in trailer tracking.

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency and 15 freight shippers and motor carriers jointly launched “SmartWay Transport” — a partnership between the agency and freight haulers to increase fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gases emissions — at American Trucking Associations’ winter meeting Feb. 9.

Minorplanet Appeals Nasdaq Delisting Notification • GAO Says Report on Emissions Rules Should Be Finished by Early March • New N.Y. Web Site Monitors Roads • XM Satellite's 4Q Loss Widens • And more...

Report: States Concerned With Delays on Emissions Rules • SCS Buys Clark Bros. for $30.5 Million • Allied Reports 4Q Net Loss • N.Y. Manufacturing Index Rises in February • And more...