Prepared for Takeoff: EPA Finalizes First-Ever Domestic Greenhouse Gas Standards for Aircraft
By EsqSocial Corporation 07/01/21
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has adopted the first-ever Clean Air Act (CAA) aircraft emission standards for greenhouse gases (GHGs), assuring the worldwide acceptance of U.S. manufactured airplanes and airplane engines. The final rule, “Control of Air Pollution from Airplanes and Airplane Engines: GHG Emission Standards and Test Procedures,” flows from the agency’s 2016 twin findings that: (1) GHG emissions from the engines of certain aircraft “cause or contribute to” elevated GHG...
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