A broad-brush introduction to the politics of environmental protection gives us a backdrop for a quick review of how European general aviation is coming to terms with environmental challenges.rnComparatively speaking, American public attention has only recently been strongly focused on environmental policy-making. True, July 1970 saw the founding of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the first laws against air and water pollution soon followed. But it wasn't until December 1997 that the world took aim at greenhouse gasses and global warming.
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