In late 2024, two B.C. men were staring at up to 20 years in prison for allegedly attempting to subvert U.S. clean air laws by smuggling millions of dollars worth of illegal car parts across the border. But in late January, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration made a U-turn on environmental law enforcement. On social media, the Department of Justice announced it was ending criminal prosecutions of people accused of engine tampering with parts commonly known as defeat devices.