Tag: diesel emissions

Pickup exhaust pipe, emissions

EPA Study Reveals Tampering with Diesel Emissions Systems

By Lisa Whitley Coleman, EHS Daily Advisor Dec 17, 2020 Special Topics in Environmental Management

Updated: Dec 17, 2020

The EPA’s Air Enforcement Division (AED) released a study revealing that as many as 500,000 diesel pickup trucks have had emissions controls removed within the last decade. Tampering with these emissions control devices is estimated to produce “more than 570,000 tons of excess oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and 5,000 tons of particulate matter (PM)” in […]

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Reauthorization Likely for Diesel Emissions Reduction Act

By William C. Schillaci Mar 20, 2019 Energy

Updated: Mar 21, 2019

There is strong bipartisan support in the Senate to reauthorize the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA), which directs federal dollars into grants, rebates, and loans to public and private entities implementing projects that reduce emissions from diesel engines. As noted by sponsors of the reauthorization bill, as well as witnesses at a recent Senate hearing, […]