And expedia should consider a fleet wide averageing program permitted spender section 231 which would allow the agency to achieve the greatest initial reduction at lowest cost. The agency should address operational and air Traffic Management practices which could provide Emission Reduction opportunities that lowcost. Finally epa must require any aircraft that cannot meet the requisite final standard or cannot be retrofitted to achieve it to phase out and ultimately retire. It is critical epa credible that outdated aircraft from polluting our skies and contributing to Climate Change while more efficient designs are readily available. Sierra club appreciates epas efforts to move forward with Greenhouse Gas emissions for aircraft and we urge the agency to the epicenter strong force the epa must take the time necessary to develop appropriate and well considered final rule, time is of the essence. In december president obama and Administration Officials will travel to paris to negotiate an
Domestic co2 Emission Standards. Third, potential domestic reporting requirements for aviation manufacturers under the Clean Air Act. Epa has proposed endangerment findings focus on six key Greenhouse Gases but we concur with this approach with caveats. We agree with epa the assessment scientific uncertainties on the Climate Impact of nitrogen oxides or nox and water vapor emitted at altitude remain high enough so as not to address them in this initial endangerment finding. Science with black carbon to Climate Change on the other hand, is clear. Black carbon was identified as the second most important contributor to anthropogenic emissions in 2013 to. To reflect the latest icp should consider incorporating black carbon in its final aviation endangerment finding. Also while we do not support integrating crude nox under the endangerment finding, epa should consider expanding its existing nox reporting requirement for aircraft, Engine Manufacturers, landing and takeoff emissions to includ
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I. S. I. L. , as the u. S. Looks to Turkish Forces to do more on the ground. Saving the sharks. His fin comes out of the water and its headed at me. Great white what the increase in shark sightings is telling us about the environment good evening, im antonio mora, this is al jazeera america. Vice President Joe Biden is a step closer shaking up the democratic side. Biden has told aides to lay the ground work for a campaign in primary and caucus states. David shuster has more. Hey, everybody, how are you. Forces close to joe biden tell al jazeera he is encouraged as top political supporters and advisors to build a president ial campaign. The outreach to donors and organizers is the latest indication of that joe biden has not made a full decision, staff and backers believe he will join the race. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders says the Vice President will be a strong and compelling rival. I have known joe biden for years, we served in the senate together. You will not find a guy more decen
Prep school. This is al Jazeera America, good morning, live from new york city, im randall pinkston. It is poised to be another rocky day on wall street, futures pointing up right now, despite up and down for the asian markets. Traded ended down again, even after china cut interest rights in a bid to boost the economy there. Tokyos nikkei saw major rebounds to end a six day losing streak. Now the question remains whether americans are still nervous over how china is handling the crisis. Mary snow has been talking to traders who are getting frantic calls from investors. Certainly that nervousness is there. Those calls certainly came with speed on monday after that dramatic day on wall street. They tapered off yesterday. I think the bottom line of all of this is uncertainty, and that uncertainty, of course, stemming from china. The big question that still remains to be seen is how much does this affect the u. S. Economy. Weve been talking about it now for several days and we really dont