Monday, April 02, 2007

Al Gore: Fattest Fatty Ever

NYT:

The Supreme Court ordered the federal government on Monday to take a fresh look at regulating carbon dioxide emissions from cars, a rebuke to Bush administration policy on global warming.

In a 5-4 decision, the court said the Clean Air Act gives the Environmental Protection Agency the authority to regulate the emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from cars.

Greenhouse gases are air pollutants under the landmark environmental law, Justice John Paul Stevens said in his majority opinion.


Opinion here.

The Flat Earth Society (i.e., Scalia, Roberts, Alito, and Thomas) dissented.

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