Greenhouse gases from aviation are entirely unregulated, both in the U.S. and among global institutions. Global
- Aviation greenhouse gases aren't regulated by the Kyoto Protocol, and weren't addressed in the Copenhagen Accord
- The UNFCC has asked the International Civil Aviation Organization to address the issue
- (In the meantime, The European Union is moving ahead, bringing aviation into its emissions trading system by 2012)
U.S.A.- The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has the authority to regulate greenhouse gases.
- After the EPA failed to take any action, in June 2010, a coalition of American environmental NGOs sued the EPA to get it to address pollution from aviation (along with ships and non-road vehicles). You can read a description of the lawsuit, as well as the full complaint (PDF).
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