SCOTUS Rebukes Bush Administration SCOTUS Rebukes Bush Administration on Global Warming.
Writing by Marq on Monday, 2 of April , 2007 at 10:29 am
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We are starting to see the fruits of Bush’s Labor, using inaction to get his way. In other words, not enforcing the laws on the books in order to allow his corporate sponsors to not have to follow them. Sure it is against the law to dump mercury into the ocean, but only if we catch ya, and given that we are not even looking, go ahead.
Well the SCOTUS handed earth a victory today. From MSNBC
Technorati Tags: carbon dioxide, clean air act, environmental protection agency, greenhouse gas emissions, highest court, policy considerations, tailpipe emissionsIn a defeat for the Bush administration, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a U.S. government agency has the power under the clean air law to regulate greenhouse gas emissions that spur global warming.
The nation’s highest court by a 5-4 vote said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency “has offered no reasoned explanation” for its refusal to regulate carbon dioxide and other emissions from new cars and trucks that contribute to climate change.
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Carbon dioxide is produced when fossil fuels such as oil and natural gas are burned. One way to reduce those emissions is to have more fuel-efficient cars.
Three questions
The court had three questions before it.
- Do states have the right to sue the EPA to challenge its decision?
- Does the Clean Air Act give EPA the authority to regulate tailpipe emissions of greenhouse gases?
- Does EPA have the discretion not to regulate those emissions?
The court said yes to the first two questions. On the third, it ordered EPA to re-evaluate its contention it has the discretion not to regulate tailpipe emissions. The court said the agency has so far provided a “laundry list” of reasons that include foreign policy considerations.
The majority said the agency must tie its rationale more closely to the Clean Air Act.
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