ARB REJECTS RELAXING CLEAN DIESEL REGS DESPITE TRUCKER OUTCRY

Despite a trucking industry plea this week to the governor, air board officials say they have no plan to ease the state's clean-diesel fuel regulations, even with record-high prices and very tight supplies being exacerbated by Hurricane Katrina. Trucking industry representatives are blasting the air board position, saying that a recent emergency U.S. EPA waiver of its diesel fuel sulfur limit shows that such a move would help increase supply and keep prices from further skyrocketing. While the Air Resources...