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Topic: emissions standards

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2015 file photo Volkswagen ornaments sit in a box in a scrap yard in Berlin, Germany. Volkswagen said Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015 that a problem with carbon dioxide emissions is far smaller than initially suspected, with further checks finding "slight discrepancies" in only a few models and no evidence of illegal changes to fuel consumption and emissions figures. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file) (AP)

Matthew Rozsa