12. Leaded Avgas Fight Heats Up

As the search for renewable energy continues, the pressure to find an alternative to leaded avgas reached an all-time high this year as environmental groups stepped up legal action aimed at eliminating the widely used fuel. In March the environmental organization Friends of the Earth filed a lawsuit against the EPA, alleging the organization has dragged its feet on a 2006 petition for new lead emissions standards. In addition to environmental groups, lawmakers and GA lobbyists have stepped up their calls for Congressional action on the issue, with a number of representatives urging the FAA to speed up the search for avgas alternatives in anticipation of the ultimate replacement fuel deadline of 2018, a deadline that continues to loom over many GA pilots uncertain about their fuel future.

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