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Federal Aviation Administration Touts New ‘Fuel Efficiency’ Rule, Contradicts Own Documents

Federal Aviation Administration Touts New ‘Fuel Efficiency’ Rule, Contradicts Own Documents
An Airbus A330-200 aircraft of Air Transat airlines takes off in Colomiers near Toulouse, France, on July 10, 2018. Regis Duvignau/Reuters
Naveen Athrappully
Naveen Athrappully
6/16/2022|Updated: 6/16/2022
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed new fuel efficiency standards for aircraft purportedly aimed at lowering the impact of air travel on climate change.

“Today is an important step forward in reducing the amount of greenhouse gas emissions released by our nation’s airplanes and ultimately reaching President Biden’s ambitious goal of net-zero emissions by 2050,” Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a June 15 press release.
Naveen Athrappully
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