EPA Retains Trump-Era Aircraft GHG Limits, Vexing Environmentalists

EPA has decided to retain Trump-era greenhouse gas standards for aircraft and push for stronger limits in international negotiations -- a move that is angering environmentalist and state litigants who will now press a lawsuit on the issue. The agency announced its decision in a Nov. 15 motion to govern proceedings in appellate litigation brought by environmentalists and states seeking tougher GHG standards, provoking accusations of “climate hypocrisy” by petitioners in the suit. The Jan. 11 Trump rule EPA has...