Environmentalists, States Assert ‘Ongoing’ EPA Duty To Cut Aircraft GHGs

Environmental groups, backed by primarily Democratic-led states including California, are making the case that EPA has an “ongoing duty” to consider human health risks from aircraft greenhouse gases -- and to consider technology available to curb GHGs -- when it sets GHG standards, as they press for tougher limits in federal appellate litigation. In a series of final briefs in the consolidated case State of California, et al. v. EPA, et al. , pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals...