10 things you need to know today: June 11, 2015

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1. EPA moves toward regulating greenhouse gas emissions from planes

The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday took the first step toward limiting carbon emissions from airliners and other commercial planes. The EPA proposed an "endangerment finding" stating that greenhouse gas emissions from plane engines contribute to climate change, and calling for regulations to reduce them. The agency launched 60 days of public comment on the proposal ahead of an Aug. 11 hearing. The rules would not take effect until 2018 at the earliest.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.