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WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress and environmental groups charged that a Bush administration plan to cut off-road diesel emissions could weaken existing standards for heavy-duty trucks through a complicated government-approved system for trading credits companies earn by reducing pollution.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.The Environmental Protection Agency’s mandate that the trucking industry begin using untried new diesel engine designs to meet stricter air pollution standards is shaping up as potentially the biggest fiasco since the federal government ordered truckers to put anti-lock brakes on their vehicles before those systems were fully developed.

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The price of diesel fuel dropped 1.1 cents last week to reach, at $1.275 per gallon, the lowest level since March 18, according to a report by the Department of Energy released Monday.

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The inspector general of the Transportation Department was to issue a report Monday on whether the U.S.-Mexican border is ready to be opened under the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Arizona Daily Star reported.

Mexican President Vicente Fox threatened last week to limit U.S truck entry into Mexico because of “protective barriers and discriminations” imposed by the U.S. government in its still-pending plan to open the common border to Mexican truck operations.

Freight shippers cut the amount of money they spend to move or store goods by $33 billion last year — the first decline since 1991 — but they spent $10 billion more on trucking services, a new study shows.

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The rise and fall of diesel prices since 1990 often resembled a roller coaster ride, with stomach-churning twists and turns caused by weather, war and the economy.