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Deck the Hauls
U.S. High Court Will Hear Mexican Truck Pollution Case |
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16 Dec 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Deck the Hauls U.S. High Court Will Hear Mexican Truck Pollution Case The U.S. Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will wade into a dispute over whether tens of thousands of highly polluting Mexican trucks should be allowed to cross the border and deliver goods throughout the U.S. The Bush administration, arguing the free-trade point of view, welcomes the trucks, but enviros and union mem ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, Mexico, placemaking, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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Mexican Standoff
Feds Will Study Environmental Impact of Mexican Trucks on U.S. Roads |
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27 Aug 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Mexican Standoff Feds Will Study Environmental Impact of Mexican Trucks on U.S. Roads Bowing to a federal court order, the Bush administration announced yesterday that it will study what the environmental impact would be of an increase in Mexican trucks on U.S. roads. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals banned Mexican trucks from the U.S. in resp ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, Department of Transportation, globalization, Mexico, placemaking, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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The Truck Stops There
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17 Jan 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| The Truck Stops There In a setback for the Bush administration, a federal appeals court yesterday halted a federal plan to permit thousands of Mexican trucks on U.S. roads, calling instead for environmental reviews that could take up to three years. In November, President Bush approved the entry of 30,000 Mexican trucks per year, citing ob ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, environmental justice, globalization, Mexico, North America, placemaking, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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I'll Have No Truck With That
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03 Dec 2002 |
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| I'll Have No Truck With That An unlikely partnership of environmental, labor, and trucking groups filed for an emergency injunction yesterday to prevent the Bush administration from allowing Mexican trucks on U.S. roads, claiming that doing so would worsen U.S. air quality. Last week, in compliance with the North American Free Trade Agreement, President Bush called an end to 20-year-ol ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, Canada, Mexico, placemaking, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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