Tue, Apr 21, 2009
Just when you might have thought that things couldn't get any
more ponderous for aviation than they are right now comes word that
the EPA is taking aim at us... again. NBAA is carefully monitoring
developments following a formal ruling, issued by the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) last Friday, that greenhouse gases,
including aviation emissions, threaten public health. The ruling
could mean that the agency might step in to regulate emissions from
aircraft and other sources as public health hazards depending on
congressional action on climate change legislation.
The EPA is making a big deal of this... “...greenhouse gas
pollution is a serious problem now and for future generations.
Fortunately, it follows President Obama’s call for a low
carbon economy and strong leadership in Congress on clean energy
and climate legislation,” said Administrator Lisa P. Jackson.
“This pollution problem has a solution – one that will
create millions of green jobs and end our country’s
dependence on foreign oil.”
Aviation is not unsympathetic to the problems espoused by many,
but many also believe that the science involved bears more study.
In the meantime, aviation does what it can to remain as
environmentally friendly as circumstances dictate. "As we know,
business aviation has a long-standing record of progress on
emissions reduction," said NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen.
"Nevertheless, Washington policy makers continue to review
aviation emissions as part of an ongoing study of all
transportation emissions, and this ruling is more evidence of that
fact."
Bolen noted that EPA officials have said the agency will gather
public input over a 60-day period before taking any further
actions.
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