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Business maneuvers for economic gain in CO2 legislation; Your view.(Viewpoint essay)
Crain's Chicago Business, May, 2007 by Learner, Howard A.
Byline: Howard A. Learner Howard A. Learner is executive director of the Environmental Law & Policy Center in Chicago. The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling that carbon dioxide must be regulated under the Clean Air Act puts business on notice that federal controls are coming. The real window for federal action will be in 2009, after the next president takes office.
The stakes are high for Congress to craft legislation that will make a real difference. When it comes to federal environmental laws, it's difficult to forge bipartisan support for subsequent changes. There's one shot to do global-warming solutions legislation right for the next decade-no golfer's "mulligan'' here. Energy businesses understand this political calculus and are jockeying to...
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