US EPA proposing first-ever airplane emissions standards

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday announced it was proposing the first U.S. emissions standards for commercial aircraft.

In 2016, the U.N. International Civil Aviation Organization agreed on global airplane emissions standards aimed at makers of small and large planes, including Airbus SE and Boeing Co , which both backed the standards.The EPA-proposed regulation seeks to align the United States with the ICAO standards, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said."We are implementing the ICAO recommendations, ICAO standards," Wheeler told reporters.

Aircraft account for 12per cent of all U.S. transportation greenhouse gas emissions and 3per cent of total such U.S. emissions. They are the largest source of transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions not subject to standards. Wheeler said the proposal is based on"where the technology is today ... You can't really set the standard that can't be met."

 

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