EPA shipping emissions study might help push to weaken ECA

EPA is launching a study into the effects of fuel sulfur restrictions on the cost of short-sea shipping off the U.S. coast, which might serve as a pretext to weaken emissions controls requirements in the North American shipping emissions control area (ECA) that are a key part of the agency's strategy to curb air pollution. At a meeting and webinar hosted by EPA at its Washington, D.C., headquarters July 30, agency officials outlined their plan to study the effects of...