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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..

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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.

Although states and industry officials have called for the federal government to help ease problems of motor fuel supplies and high prices around the country, spokesmen for two key federal programs said last week there had been no changes in policy.