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Is It Graduation Yet?
Bush admin gets senior-itis, says it won't decide on emissions before term ends |
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11 Jul 2008 |
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| Posted at 7:32 AM on 11 Jul 2008 EPA head Stephen Johnson. Photo: epa.gov Instead of deciding whether greenhouse-gas emissions endanger human health and welfare and formulating standards to reduce them -- as the Supreme Court ordered -- the EPA will run out the clock for the next few months soliciting more public comment. The Supreme Court ordered the EPA last year to decide on the GHG-endanger ... |
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| Topics: climate, news, politics, United States, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Dally Affirmation
Appeals court won't force EPA to speed up CO2 decision |
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27 Jun 2008 |
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| Posted at 7:08 AM on 27 Jun 2008 A federal appeals court has decided not to force the Bush administration to speed up its decision on whether carbon dioxide emissions endanger public health or welfare. The administration's decision on CO2 is a necessary step in the process of regulating U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions from vehicles and industrial sources. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that carbon dioxide is a pollu ... |
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| Topics: climate, litigation, news, politics, United States, US EPA (all these topics) |
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