Supreme court rules against Bush.

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" In a defeat for the Bush administration, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a U.S. government agency has the power under the clean air law to regulate greenhouse gas emissions that spur global warming.

The nation's highest court by a 5-4 vote said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency "has offered no reasoned explanation" for its refusal to regulate carbon dioxide and other emissions from new cars and trucks that contribute to climate change."


Took them long enough.
To me this is just a ploy.

I was listening to some commentary on this, and basically the large polluting companies are worried about it. One large polluter said the company hoped that Congress would set the standards rather than states (probably because legislation can get through state Houses much faster than it can get through Congress.

What's annoying is that in those most polluted areas (where the big companies are screeching "unfair" at having to clean up their acts), cancer and lung disease deaths are much higher than elsewhere.

Now all that is needed is a definition for 'regulation' 'greenhouse gas' 'us government agency' and 'global warming'. After that, figure out what the exact phrase of the SC means and then figure a way around 'both arbitrary power and the constitution cannot both exist'.

Much ado about nothing.

The 9 old idiots laughingly referred to as the supreme court merely said the EPA does have the legal authority to regulate CO2. It did not say the EPA must begin regulating CO2 or what rules to enact or which sources to regulate. That will require many many more years of litigation, debates, legislation, more litigation, revised legislation, hearings on any proposed federal regulations, more litigation to enforce the federal regulations, etc.

No one with any brains is popping champagne corks over this ruling.