Regulation: OMB approves final EPA aircraft greenhouse gas rule

The White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) has completed its mandatory pre-publication review of EPA’s final rule setting first-time greenhouse gas limits on U.S.-made aircraft, clearing the path for the agency to publish the regulation that environmentalists have criticized for failing to require significant GHG reductions. OMB approved the rule on Dec. 18 after receiving it for review from EPA on Dec. 2, a very quick process given that the typical goal for White House interagency review is...