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Global Warming Challenged Again; New Case Argues EPA Must Regulate Carbon Pollution
Case Updates:
April 27, 2006
In yet another case challenging the Bush administration's continued failure to confront global warming, Sierra Club has joined twelve states and cities and two other environmental groups to file a new lawsuit in federal court. In the case, the coalition argues the Environmental Protection Agency has authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate the main global warming pollutant, carbon dioxide, from power plants. Under White House orders, EPA claims heat-trapping emissions like carbon dioxide don't meet the Clean Air Act definition of "air pollutant" and cannot be curbed under that law. This position completely reverses the agency’s earlier interpretation of the Clean Air Act. According to David Bookbinder, Sierra Club's Senior Attorney working the case, "The administration has insisted it's not their job to fight global warming. In fact they have both the legal and moral responsibility to tackle global warming pollution." As part of a coordinated legal campaign on global warming, we're hoping this case—and others like it—lead to limits on global warming before it's too late. Read more about the specific details of the case and our overall global warming legal strategy in our press release below.
Details and Documents:
Global Warming Legal Action: EPA Must Regulate Carbon Pollution
April 27, 2006, Sierra Club Press Release
10 States Sue E.P.A. on Emissions
April 28, 2006, by Danny Hakim, New York Times
California Among 10 States Suing EPA Over Greenhouse Gases
April 28, 2006, by Janet Wilson, Los Angeles Times
10 states sue EPA over global warming
April 27, 2006, by Devlin Barrett, Associated Press, San Jose Mercury News
10 states sue EPA over global warming
April 27, 2006, by Associated Press, CNN
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