High court hears climate case.

Waste News, December, 2006 by McGowan, Elizabeth

Byline: Elizabeth McGowan Fittingly, the two attorneys arguing the first case about global warming before the U.S. Supreme Court did so on a balmy Nov. 29 when the temperature in the nation's capital rose 10 degrees above normal. At issue in Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency are three relatively simple concepts.

One, is the federal agency authorized to regulate heat-trapping gases under the 1970 Clean Air Act? Two, did the EPA exercise its discretion appropriately when it refused to regulate emissions from new cars? And three, do the 12 states and 13 environmental organizations involved have a legal leg to stand on by claiming these pollutants are harming their property and citizens? A decision - expected by June - could bust open...

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