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Search results for "auto-emissions test" ...
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Smokescreen
"This investigation probed Ontario's Drive Clean emissions testing program." The investigation found that the program forced millions of people to pay for unnecessary tests and achieved very dubious environmental benefits. The program is very flawed and corrupt, and doesn't even accomplish anything; the air quality benefits claimed by the government were based on discredited models.
Tags: environment; clean air act; pollution; auto emissions
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How N.J. auto test program failed
Records show managers downplayed or ignored warnings of problems with the state's new emissions project. Undertrained inspectors, software woes, staffing problems and breakdowns hurt the test.
Tags: auto-emissions test; Division of Motor Vehicles; DMV; N.J. DMV; emissions test; EPA
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E-Check Bribes
WJW-TV exposes corruption in Ohio's 100 million dollar auto emissions program. The probe raised serious questions about the credibility of what was thought to be a fool-proof testing procedure. The I-team caught e-ckeck testers soliciting and accepting bribes from motorists...in exchange for passing vehicles that would have otherwise failed. The series showed how testers were by-passing the state-wide computer system and compromising the testing process. (Nov. 13 - 15, 1996)
Tags: TAPE; Monday E-Check bribes Contest entry Environment Cars Air pollution FOIA 3 pgs.