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

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Truck and air pollution

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Date of Publication: November 25

Year of Publication: 2020

Publication City: New York, N.Y.

Publisher: The New York Times Company

Author(s): Coral Davenport

WASHINGTON — The owners and operators of more than half a million diesel pickup trucks have been illegally disabling their vehicles’ emissions control technology over the past decade, allowing excess emissions equivalent to 9 million extra trucks on the road, a new federal report has concluded.

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