So, what if emissions- and fuel-efficiency standards for heavy-duty diesel trucks are circumvented and more and more high-polluting glider trucks are allowed on America’s roads?
First, to recap, from the “Why EPA proposal to put high-polluting diesel trucks back on American roadways is a bad move” post (Part 1), a “glider” truck is: “one where an older, high-polluting engine is attached to a new chassis and the entire package is then sold as new.”
But, this is where the rubber meets the road, so to speak, and that is that, “[g]lider trucks can emit harmful soot and smog-causing pollutants – including oxides
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