State Courts To Implement U.S. Supreme Court Greenhouse Gas Decision? Friends Of The Chattahoochee v. Georgia Department Of Natural Resources Suggest Yes.

On April 2, 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court determined, in Massachusetts v. EPA, that greenhouse gasses fit within the Clean Air Act's ("CAA") definition of "air pollutant," and that EPA had the authority to regulate the emission of these greenhouse gases.1 To date, the sole action taken by EPA regarding this judicially recognized authority is to issue, on July 11, 2008, an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking public comment on regulating ...

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