LAWMAKERS EYE VEHICLE TO MOVE MEXICO TRUCK-EMISSION STANDARDS

Lawmakers and stakeholders pushing legislation to require trucks entering California from Mexico to carry documents proving their engines meet applicable U.S. EPA emission standards plan to insert the language into a new bill soon, according to sources. Democrats behind the legislation say they plan to press Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to support their efforts and do everything he can to prevent significant pollution increases caused by the entry of thousands of Mexico-based trucks into the state. An environmentalist involved in the...