The EPA had been under pressure from environmental groups who first petitioned it to
regulate aircraft emissions under the Clean Air Act in 2007 and sued it in 2010.
Regulating aircraft emissions is part of the Obama administration's goal under the Paris Climate Agreement to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by up to 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.
Not exact matches
However, MacKenzie said he is wary of deriving laws to
regulate contrails from
aircraft the way carbon
emissions are
regulated and taxed.
WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters)- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans as soon as Friday to determine whether carbon dioxide from
aircraft endangers public health, a first step to
regulating emissions from the aviation sector, sources familiar with the rulemaking process said.
WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters)- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday said greenhouse gases from
aircraft endanger human health, taking the first step toward
regulating emissions from the domestic aviation industry.
This standard applies whenever EPA wishes to
regulate emissions from vehicles, non-road engines,
aircraft, power plants, industrial facilities, etc..
A coalition of environmental groups have been pushing the EPA to
regulate greenhouse gas
emissions from domestic and foreign
aircraft that land at U.S. airports since 2007, and have been struggling, since then, to compel the agency to take action.
Indeed, «even though 90 % of
aircraft fuel is burned at cruise altitudes, only the pollutants that are emitted during takeoff and landing are
regulated by measuring
emissions during tests.»