USA VALE GREEN AIRPORT GRANTS SURVIVE TRUMP ECO-SPENDING CULL
February 1st, 2017
THE FEDERAL Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Voluntary Airport Low Emission (VALE) Program, in the USA, has managed to escape the cull of environmental programmes ordered by the new administration of President Donald Trump.
His executive orders shortly after taking office in January led to more than USD4 billion’s worth of grants and contracts administered by the USA Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) being scrapped.
However, declared FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown told Jane's Airport Review: “We are still issuing VALE grants.” These were launched in ...
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