As you know, the Clean Air Act was
passed by the U.S. Congress and signed
by the president. (It was originally
enacted and then signed by President
Richard Nixon in 1970, and amended in
1977 and 1990.) In 2007, the U.S.
Supreme Court affirmed the...
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As you know, the Clean Air Act was
passed by the U.S. Congress and signed
by the president. (It was originally
enacted and then signed by President
Richard Nixon in 1970, and amended in
1977 and 1990.) In 2007, the U.S.
Supreme Court affirmed the authority,
under the Clean Air Act, to regulate
carbon dioxide as a pollutant. Therefore,
curbs on carbon dioxide emissions are,
in effect, mandated.
A few weeks ago, The Charleston Daily
Mail (in West Virginia) published an
editorial concerning support for
regulation of power-plant emissions
which was surprising – given that The
Daily Mail is in a major coal producing region. Also, The Houston Chronicle – a newspaper
in an oil and gas state – editorially supported the regulation of carbon dioxide emissions.
Recently, in testimony before a U.S. Senate Sub-committee, four former Republican heads of
the EPA, supported such regulations. In addition, on June 21, in The New York Times,
former Secretary of Treasury Henry Paulson, a Republican, calle
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