Environment

Record snowfall in Denver.

VW engineers rebelled against regulations.

"The automaker says it cheated on federal emissions tests because company engineers considered it “impossible” to pass them.

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Read that again.

A major-league automaker, with an entire engineering staff at its disposal, found it impossible to comply with the federal government’s emissions fatwas. It would have required unacceptable (to VW’s customers) functional compromises – or unacceptable costs."

Heroes.