A U.S. Judge delivered the largest civil settlement ever reached with an automaker accused of misconduct to the tune of $14.7 billion to deal with their diesel emissions cheating scandal, according to Reuters. The automaker will begin buying back polluting cars in mid-November in hopes to defer some of the cost and move past the scandal that has been dragging the company down for over a year."Today is a landmark day, when this innovative settlement can be put into action, investing billions of dollars into public health protections to remedy these serious violations," said Cynthia Giles, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency assistant administrator. After admitting to installing secret...
