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 Stories About: climate AND climate change mitigation AND litigation AND politics AND US EPA
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Rebuttal?
California stats say state emissions-reduction plan far more effective than federal law |
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04 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 1:04 PM on 04 Jan 2008 When the U.S. EPA denied California the right to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from vehicles, the agency reasoned that the just-passed energy bill's boost to national fuel-economy standards would be stronger emissions-reduction policy than the state's plan. California, which has sued, would beg to differ, and has released statistics refuting the EPA's claim. For ... |
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| Topics: California, climate, climate change mitigation, fuel efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Breaking: Supreme Court rules against Bush admin. in global warming case
This is a game changer |
David Roberts |
02 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Word just came down that the Supreme Court has ruled against the Bush administration in the landmark global warming case of Massachusetts v. EPA. The ruling was 5-4, with conservatives dissenting and the crucial vote of Anthony Kennedy going with the ... non-conservatives. Background on the case here, here, here, and here. The court addressed three questions: Do states and environmental groups have standing to sue EPA? (To show legal standing, states had to show ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, litigation, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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