U.S. EPA finalizing first-ever airplane emissions rules

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

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DECEMBER 28, 2020 8:35 AM UPDATED 12 MINUTES AGO

U.S. EPA finalizing first-ever airplane emissions rules

By David Shepardson
3 MIN READ

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday will finalize the first-ever proposed standards regulating greenhouse gas emissions from airplanes, a spokeswoman told Reuters.

The EPA said in July its proposed requirements for airplanes used in commercial aviation and for large business jets would align the United States with international standards. In 2016, the U.N. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) agreed on global airplane emissions standards aimed at makers of small and large planes, including Airbus SE and Boeing Co, which both have backed the standards. Critics say the agency should have required tougher emissions rules.

The EPA said in July the proposed requirements would apply to new-type designs as of January 2020 and to in-production airplanes or those with amended type certificates starting in 2028.

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The 11 states and the District of Columbia said the EPA proposal issued in July would “lag existing technology by more than 10 years and would result in no GHG (greenhouse gases) reductions at all compared to business-as-usual.”

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-airplanes-emissions/u-s-epa-finalizing-first-ever-airplane-emissions-rules-idUSKBN29218D

[DanieRains]

1. Buy Carbon Offsets Or Don't Fly

Or drive.

The only solution.

[jimfields33]

2. I actually think not allowing private planes would help most

It doesn’t make sense to have a plane with 3 or 4 people in them.

[Voltaire2]

3. This EPA? It is absolutely a corrupt give-away to big oil and Boeing.