EMISSIONS

U.S. EPA Proposing GHG Emission Standards for Aircraft For the first time in history, the EPA has proposed rules to control greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for certain types of commercial airplanes. The emission rules would bring U.S. requirements into lock-step with the 2017 CO2 standards put forth by the UN International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), with the goal of dropping aircraft GHG emissions on new aircraft by 4-percent over a 12-year period. If the proposed standards are put into effect, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will adopt a new set of airplane certification mandates in order to comply with the new regulations.