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Mar 25, 2016

DIRTIEST DIESEL TRUCKS * USA: VW it could be oblied to clean they ?

Should VW pay to retire the dirtiest diesel trucks for its cheating?

-- In the six months since the EPA revealed that Volkswagen used illegal "defeat device" software on TDI diesel cars, there have been many suggestions about how the company should pay for its deception... VW will of course have to recall all of the nearly 600,000 affected cars in the U.S. ... But on top of that, some have suggested that Volkswagen buy back at least some of the affected cars, or even be forced to build more electric cars as penance... Now, there's another idea: It comes from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), which believes Volkswagen could be forced to fund programs that clean up the dirtiest diesel trucks... Instead of a "punishment" that would also help Volkswagen sell more cars, the UCS advocates using the company's money to fund environmental initiatives... It believes regulators should focus on heavy-duty trucks, because those are among the highest-polluting vehicles on the road... They account for a disproportionate amount of emissions, in part because they cover more mileage than passenger cars annually... The EPA has the authority to set up a Supplemental Environmental Project, which could funnel Volkswagen money into pollution-remediation projects, the UCS notes... This could be done along the lines of the Diesel Emissions Reductions Act, and help encourage replacing dirtier trucks or retrofitting them with emissions-reducing equipment... There could even be provisions for zero-emission trucks, notes the UCS... 
(Image: Flickr user TruckPR - Natural Gas-powered Kenworth truck)   --  Los Angeles, CAL, USA - Green Car Reports, by Stephen Edelstein - Mar 23, 2016

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