Massachusetts v. EPA
Finally, the supreme court is hearing it’s first case on global warming. This case is over motor-vehicle emissions, and the scope of the federal Clean Air Act.
…The dispute revolves around a part of the Clean Air Act that requires regulation of “any air pollutant” from vehicles that “may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare.” The act defines “welfare” to include effects on climate and weather.The states say the Clean Air Act plainly authorizes regulation of greenhouse gases and that if the EPA were to step in, it could address “sources responsible for some 60% of this country’s carbon dioxide emissions — 23% from vehicles and the rest from the power plants left unregulated” by the EPA. “We simply want the justices to tell EPA to get it right on the law,” says Lisa Heinzerling, a Georgetown University professor assisting the Massachusetts assistant attorney general.
Its about time someone forced the EPA to actually protect the environment from greenhouse gasses.
B, 
Luke, and 
rps 10:49 am on 11/30/2006 Permalink
Finally.
I think the fact that we’ve been able to notice abnormal climate changes in our lifetime says a lot about the state of Earth.
As always I’m not optimistic about anything coming out of these hearings.
Maybe now is the time to start building electric cars. Fusion is close. Fission will do until then, and the Fusion reactors can burn the radioactive waste. We really need to move away from fossil fuels.
Luke 11:41 pm on 11/30/2006 Permalink
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
But it still is a long road of development ahead. We will reach this goal someday and hopefull be able to repair damage we have made. If our goverment chooses to fund such a program then that would be nice. But with our nations checkbook being streached so much I will be awhile before this is actually a priority.
B 11:02 am on 12/10/2006 Permalink
mmmm electric cars *drooool*
i can’t wait to see how this case turns out, though its not like i am expecting a lot (it is the supreme court that allowed bush to become president originally)