About that court hearing you mentioned, I read in the paper that the Supreme Court is hearing arguments from a dozen states and more than a dozen environmental groups and some large cities (trying to convince the court that the EPA must regulate the amount of carbon dioxide) --- the Bush administration is arguing that the EPA lacks the power under the Clean Air Act to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant. The EPA contends that even if it does have such authority, it would have discretion under the law on how to address the problem without imposing emissions controls. Well, the Court decided to take the case so there will be a lot of interesting arguments and discussions and that is good.
Will take a year for the ruling, but it will inspire more research now I think (and that is also good) by companies if the regulation is mandated in a year so they will be ready. Well, necessity is the mother of invention again...
(from Cathie Vonesh, 11/30/06)
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