The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing first-time carbon emissions standards for aircraft engines, adopting international climate limits negotiated during the Obama administration.

“We are reducing our [carbon dioxide] emissions, but we are doing it in a thoughtful manner that preserves our manufacturing base, and we are doing it faster and better than our international partners,” EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler told reporters Wednesday.

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