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Rebuke to Bush's Policy on Global Warming:  Today the Supreme Court ruled that "the Clean Air Act gives the Environmental Protection Agency the authority to regulate the emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from cars", according to the Associated Press ("Feds Can Regulate Emissions, Court Rules").

The Bush administration has been dragging its feet on global warming and claiming that it could decided not to regulate tailpipe emissions, despite the existence of the Clean Air Act.

Twelve states and 13 environmental groups sued the administration in this case.  I say it's about time this ruling came down.  Air pollution is a serious public health issue and a global climate issue. Our government should not be able to pick and choose which sources of air pollution it will regulate (such as power plants but not cars).  I know my state has an emissions testing program; are there states that don't?  If so, they should.

What do you think about this Supreme Court decision?  Will it spur the administration to take more action?  Post your thoughts here.

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• #3 Comment from longrunsolutions 
  4/6/07 1:06 AM | Permalink

  It is a huge understatement to say the the Bush Administration has been dragging its feet. Yes, they have been tying the rope of progress to a very large redwood tree to make sure that nothing moves forward that might even hint toward the idea that greenhouse gases cause problems. I agree, the real benefit to the Supreme Court decision is what the next administration might do. We will have to be patient to see if the Court's decision has real impact. Check out the post "Green Day" at <a href= http://www.longrunsolutions.com </a>.
  
• #2 Comment from bobmueller1 
  4/3/07 8:49 AM | Permalink

  Hi Dan,
     This is great news and I can prove how to significantly reduce emissions. Anybody interested in proof? I can email this proof as I am working with locomotives, trucks, diesel buses, cars, boilers, and any other fossil fuel burning devices. Email me at
  bobmueller1@aol.com. Dan, still waiting for your reply.  Bob
• #1 Comment from marcijuett 
  4/2/07 11:39 PM | Permalink

  It's a good move that the Supreme Court gave authority to EPA for clean air. However EPA's funding has been cut so much in recent years, it doesn't presently have the resources to do its present mandated tasks except to sign papers and give lip service without really doing the work it's supposed to be doing. The EPA doesn't have the resources to clean up all the uncontained hazardous waste sites in this country at present, so without a new administration and considerably beefed-up funding, nothing will be done past lip service and signing of papers.