1. SPRING IS IN THE AIR.
- Author
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Bigham, Roy
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ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *ENVIRONMENTAL protection , *POLLUTION control industry , *EMISSION control , *AIR pollution , *INTERNATIONAL relations - Abstract
The article reports on the five-four decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to tell the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that they have the authority to regulate greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. However, the court seemed displeased with the agency's arguments that foreign policy and economic consideration should give the EPA discretion as to whether it should regulate such emissions, and the President George W. Bush Administration was asked by the court to reevaluate its reasoning for the assertion. Moreover, the Supreme Court rendered an unanimous decision in the Duke Energy case, one of several high-profile legal battles concerning energy companies accused of violating the New Source Review (NSR) provisions of the Clean Air Act.
- Published
- 2007