Green News - 7/31/08

New Toy Safety Law Will Likely Become Law - As reported by the Chicago Tribune, it would "require manufacturers and importers to subject toys and other nursery products to strict safety tests before they hit store shelves." Secondly, "the legislation would phase in a near-ban...

Trucking in Peril - Life on the Road Trucking News Blog

"This is probably the worst story I’ve seen in awhile, but it’s all too true. It does contain a little good news, but first the bad news - "Independent truckers see end of the road By ELLEN SIMON Associated Press As the cost of diesel doubled over the last four years,...

Baltimore County Warehouse Burns

" June 4, 2007 Maryland - A six-alarm fire raged last night through a Violetville warehouse that housed a family-owned trucking business and offices of a foundation that supports critically ill children. The roof collapsed on the building in the 1400 block of Rome Road, which...

HRA board rejects 24-home plan

The St. Cloud Housing & Redevelopment Authority board on Wednesday abandoned its long-standing plan to put 24 single-family homes on the Anderson Trucking Service site on Cooper Avenue. It did not select another project for the land. HRA commissioners voted 4-1 to abandon...

Truckin

" Change the speed limit and you reduce the amount of greenhouse gases produced by commercial trucking. And you don't need a new clean air act to do it. Just the will to do it. Trucking Alliance Leader says "Canada could do better""

There's A Lot Of Bad People Coming To Your Neighborhood

So far this year, 32,000 of all those arrested by the border patrol, had criminal records in the United States.

News Room -- News From The Border

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Truck Driving Artist Performs NAFTA

Nancy does some interesting work and here is the press release from her most recent project "Exchange", which involves her driving a giant truck filled with her personal possessions across the entirety of North America, trading the things with people she meets along the...

Backlog at Vancouver Port Remains

This was sent to me via the Vancouver Port Authority mailing list. ___Terminals willing to operate evenings and weekends, but where are the trucks? VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Trucks are moving again at the Port of Vancouver's container terminals, but the backlog of containers...