Transformation Program History News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

EGLE
Contact: 
Volkswagen Settlement Background
In the fall of 2015, Volkswagen admitted it had installed emissions control defeat devices – software designed to cheat emissions tests and deceive federal and state regulators – in certain Volkswagen-, Porsche-, and Audi-branded 2.0-liter and 3.0-liter diesel engine vehicles.  The vehicles equipped with emission testing defeat devices resulted in increases in oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions, up to forty times the allowable amount, violating the federal Clean Air Act.  The increased NOx emissions had adverse impacts to air quality and contributed to the formation of ground-level ozone, which has harmful effects on ecosystems and impairs lung function and cardiovascular health. ....

Puerto Rico , District Of Columbia , United States , Debra Swartz , Environmental Trust Agreement For State Beneficiaries , Michigan Department Of Environmental Quality , Transformation Program History , Environmental Mitigation Trust , Michigan Department Of Environment Great Lakes , Fuel Transformation Program , Volkswagen Settlement , Clean Air , United State , Michigan Department , Environment Great Lakes , Environmental Quality , Environmental Trust Agreement , Estate Beneficiaries , Eligible Mitigation Actions , State Trust , No Keywords , ப்வெர்டோ ரிக்கோ , மாவட்டம் ஆஃப் கொலம்பியா , ஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில் , டெப்ரா ஸ்வார்ட்ஸ் , மிச்சிகன் துறை ஆஃப் சுற்றுச்சூழல் தரம் ,