Supreme Court Clears the Air on CO2 Regulation By Leo P. Dombrowski
On April 2, 2007 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has the authority to regulate greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions from motor vehicles as “air pollutants” under the Clean Air Act. Although the court left open the possibility that the EPA might decline to exercise its authority to regulate, given the sweeping nature of the court’s opinion and the EPA’s past statements about global warming, it appears almost certain that the agency will have to begin the rulemaking process. http://www.wildman.com/bulletin/April_2007/1/ On Jan 24, 11:53 pm, silver <fourthofjuly2...@yahoo.com> wrote: > The EPA cannot use the Clean Air Act to regulate CO2 emissions because > there are no provisions in the CAA to address CO2. It would take an > act of congress to require EPA to promulgate regulations for CO2 > emissions. > > On Jan 24, 11:55 am, "Mercury.Sailor" <bluebun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > A pity it has not been done years ago. US car makers would not be into > > > trouble nowadays > > > That takes "thinking and heart" something that was clearly lacking > > from our policy makers, in the past. > > > On Jan 24, 2:43 pm, "xieu.l...@gmail.com" <xieu.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Great ! > > > > A pity it has not been done years ago. US car makers would not be into > > > trouble nowadays and they would be exporters. Probably they would not > > > export assembled cars, but they would export green engines. > > > > In any case, congratulations ! > > > > It is a turn toward the right direction and it will produce fruits in > > > years to come. > > > > Peace and best wishes. > > > > Xi > > > > On 24 ene, 17:57, "Mercury.Sailor" <bluebun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > First 100 Days: Obama’s first climate change target > > > > > After eight years of inaction on climate change by the federal > > > > government, we can now look forward to the Obama administration > > > > tackling global warming head on. With not a minute to lose, Lisa > > > > Jackson, the soon-to-be new head of the EPA, should move quickly to > > > > capitalize on the momentum of states that have so far been the leaders > > > > in fighting global warming. There is no better place to start than by > > > > establishing a national greenhouse gas emission standard for > > > > automobiles based on California’s landmark clean car law. > > > > >http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2009/01/22/first-100-days-obama... > > > > > My hope would be the new EPA tackling coal burning utilities and > > > > bringing them to thier knees!- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. To post to this group, send email to world-thread@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to world-thread+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
