When a company removes or disables the very pollution-control equipment that keeps our skies cleaner—and does so systematically—there is no clearer sign of corporate misconduct. According to allegations contained in a legal settlement under the Clean Air Act, Red Knight…
OTR Performance allegedly manufactured, sold, offered for sale, and even installed at least 2,300 products—commonly known as “defeat devices”—whose principal effect was to remove or bypass emission-control systems in heavy-duty diesel engines (HDDEs). Further, the company allegedly carried out modifications…
An Invisible Threat in Our Air Every day, children, the elderly, and those with heart or lung disease take a breath, trusting the air is safe. But that trust is fragile, easily broken by corporate decisions made in boardrooms far…