Kohler to pay ‘precedent-setting’ $20M over emissions violations
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Jaclyn Jaeger2020-01-31T22:15:00
Kohler must pay a $20 million civil penalty in a settlement reached Thursday with the Department of Justice, Environmental Protection Agency, and state of California over alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and California law.
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