Study touting low emissions from 'glider' trucks under investigation

A pollution study that manufacturers of so-called “glider” trucks have relied on to urge EPA to repeal production limits on the vehicles is the subject of a “research misconduct” investigation by Tennessee Tech University (TTU), the same institution that participated in the study, according to a local press report. In addition, the report notes that TTU has suspended ties with the study's sponsor, Fitzgerald Glider Kits. “Tennessee Tech has begun an official investigation and suspended ties with a local company...