US officials from five states, two cities and one regional commission filed a petition today seeking federal regulatory standards for greenhouse gas emissions caused by commercial aircraft.

The states of California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New Mexico and Pennsylvania, plus the city leaders of Washington DC and New York City signed the petition to the US Environmental Protection Agency.

Southern California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District also signed the petition.

Government agencies are not the only parties requesting regulation. The Oakland, California, law firm Earthjustice filed a separate petition today that requests the EPA require reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft arriving in or departing from the USA.

Filed on behalf of environmental groups Friends of

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