EPA grabs authority to regulate jet emmisions

Elefantman · Jul 27, 2016

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The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday declared that jet engine exhaust endangers public health by contributing to climate change, a key milestone as it works to develop regulations that will cut carbon emissions from commercial aircraft.

Jet engine exhaust emits carbon dioxide, which drives climate change by warming the atmosphere, leading to increasing global temperatures, rising seas and extreme weather. Public health will suffer as heatwaves become more frequent and intense, rising seas inundate coastal cities, extreme storms lead to more deaths and catastrophic wildfires burn more forests and reduce air quality.
“The endangerment finding is key because it obligates the EPA to take regulatory action to cut carbon dioxide emissions from aircraft – it triggers a legal mandate,” said Drew Kodjak, executive director of the International Council on Clean Transportation.

I love the way the EPA just declares jet exhaust a danger to public health and now take control of regulating the airline industry. The aviation industry for decades has had an economical incentive to reduce emissions by reducing fuel consumption. Airplane and engine manufactures are always looking for way to improve fuel economy, I don't see how the EPA can mandate them to do better.

The result of this will be some type of tax or fee that will show up on your airline ticket.

bama_wayne1 · Jul 27, 2016

Coming soon Battery powered airliners. It will only take 10 hours to fly form Atlanta to New York City!! Of course they will need a flying battery charger that uses three times the fuel the jet would have to charge it in flight!! But it will be so much cheaper with the Democrats subsidies....LOL

dvldog · Jul 27, 2016

EPA just added another 100 positions.

bamachile · Jul 27, 2016

Elefantman said:
The result of this will be some type of tax or fee that will show up on your airline ticket.

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