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“This is far more alarming and widespread than the Volkswagen scandal." An E.P.A. report found that owners of diesel pickup trucks have been using commercially available "tuners" to defeat their vehicles' emission control systems and boost air pollution. https://nyti.ms/2V1EGNx

Illegal Tampering by Diesel Pickup Owners Is Worsening Pollution, E.P.A. Says

An E.P.A. investigation has found that the owners of more than half a million diesel pickup trucks have installed devices to defeat emissions controls and boost pollution.

https://nyti.ms/2V1EGNx

Some of the people who buy equipment to defeat their trucks' emissions control systems want to increase engine performance. Others just want to be obnoxious.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/05/business/energy-environment/rolling-coal-in-diesel-trucks-to-rebel-and-provoke.html

At @NYTClimate, we've been writing for a while now about automotive emissions as a major issue for air pollution and public health https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/10/climate/driving-emissions-map.html

Over the past four years, the Trump administration worked to roll back more than 100 environmental and climate rules including those related to reducing auto emissions. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks-list.html

The Trump Administration Is Reversing More Than 100 Environmental Rules. Here’s the Full List.

The White House has dismantled major climate and environmental policies focused on clean air, water, wildlife and toxic chemicals. Here’s how they add up.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks-list.html

...around the world, however, cities are trying to imagine a future with fewer cars, less traffic and lower levels of pollution and greenhouse gases https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/14/climate/car-ban-air-pollution.html

Cities Worldwide Are Reimagining Their Relationship With Cars (Published 2019)

Cars changed the way we move. They also led to toxic levels of air pollution in many cities. Now, under pressure from their citizens, city officials are experimenting with new ways to reimagine the...

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/14/climate/car-ban-air-pollution.html

“Your average person buys a vehicle and says, 'It’s my vehicle, I can do what I want with it'.... This is not a great way to express how to be a free American, but there are a lot of people out there who think that way." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/climate/diesel-trucks-air-pollution.html

Illegal Tampering by Diesel Pickup Owners Is Worsening Pollution, E.P.A. Says

An E.P.A. investigation has found that the owners of more than half a million diesel pickup trucks have installed devices to defeat emissions controls and boost pollution.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/climate/diesel-trucks-air-pollution.html

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