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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will move to ban cell-phone texting by truck drivers and to restrict the use of other in-cab communications units, according to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

Just say “no” to the T. Boone Pickens plan and to H.R. 1835, the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act — the NAT GAS Act of 2009 — a bipartisan bill recently introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Dan Boren (D-Okla.).

Twice in recent days, the New York Times has uncharacteristically turned its attention to the trucking industry, and twice it has tried to give trucking a black eye, strongly implying that the industry is unsafe and has little interest in getting safer.

Crude oil fell to near $69 a barrel early Monday as production increased and on concerns about high unemployment crimping economic growth, Bloomberg reported.

Detroit Diesel Corp. completed its filing with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for approval of its 2010 truck engines, the third U.S. engine maker to do so, the company said Sept. 29, adding that it also filed with the California Air Resources Board.

In comments to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration about the agency’s proposed sharp Unified Carrier Registration fee increase, industry groups and state enforcement agencies continued to debate the need for and size of the increase.

The Gainey Corp. bankruptcy case, the longest-running reorganization among large carriers, will enter its second year on Oct. 14 when a top bidder for the trucker is scheduled to be announced, setting the stage for an auction.

Damaged or ruptured tank-truck wetlines resulted in 13 fatalities and seven injuries over the past 10 years, according to a new analysis by federal regulators.

Both the Senate and the Obama administration last week unveiled major initiatives to crack down on the largest U.S. emitters of greenhouse gases.

Detroit Diesel Corp. completed its filing with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for approval of its 2010 truck engines, the third U.S. engine maker to do so, the company said Sept. 29, adding that it also filed with the California Air Resources Board.