{"id":5485,"date":"2016-08-05T17:03:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T17:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=5485"},"modified":"2016-08-05T17:03:15","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T17:03:15","slug":"epa-says-aircraft-engines-emit-greenhouse-gases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=5485","title":{"rendered":"EPA Says Aircraft Engines Emit Greenhouse Gases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5468\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/gr-53202-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5468\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5468\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/gr-53202-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"The EPA says that without action, airplanes will emit 43 gigatonnes of greenhouse gas pollution by 2050. Photo: Pixabay\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/gr-53202-1-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/gr-53202-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/gr-53202-1-1-405x270.jpg 405w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/gr-53202-1-1-60x40.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The EPA says that without action, airplanes will emit 43 gigatonnes of greenhouse gas pollution by 2050. Photo: Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>by Mark Richardson<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>AUSTIN, Texas<\/strong> \u2013 Greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft engines endanger public health and welfare, that\u2019s according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.epa.gov\/otaq\/documents\/aviation\/420f16036.pdf\" target=\"parent\">new finding from the federal Environmental Protection Agency<\/a> (EPA). The endangerment finding documents the magnitude of a problem that environmentalists have been urging the agency to tackle for almost a decade.<\/p>\n<p>According to Vera Pardee, senior counsel with the Center for Biological Diversity, under the Clean Air Act, the agency now is required to act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEPA must set emission standards to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are produced by the thousands of aircraft crossing our skies every day,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The EPA\u2019s study found that U.S. aircraft are responsible for almost 30 percent of greenhouse gas emissions from all aircraft globally.<\/p>\n<p>If commercial aviation were considered a country, it would rank seventh in the world for carbon emissions, according to the Center. Pardee notes that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biologicaldiversity.org\/programs\/climate_law_institute\/transportation_and_global_warming\/airplane_emissions\/pdfs\/Airplane_Pollution_Report_December2015.pdf\" target=\"parent\">recent Center for Biological Diversity report<\/a>found that if nothing is done, aircraft will generate 43 gigatonnes of planet-warming pollution by 2050.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat number alone would put us far above what we can handle as far as not exceeding the temperature threshold that allows us to continue to live on this planet as we would like,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year the International Civil Aviation Organization recommended standards for carbon pollution for aircraft, but Pardee said they are far short of what can be done. A recent report from the International Council on Clean Transportation showed that some of the top 20 transatlantic air carriers could cut emission by up to 51 percent with existing technology and operational improvements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Mark Richardson AUSTIN, Texas \u2013 Greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft engines endanger public health and welfare, that\u2019s according to a new finding from the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The endangerment finding documents the magnitude of a problem that environmentalists have been urging the agency to tackle for almost a decade. 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