Dang! First the Congress starts acting sassy and now some of the Supremes acting responsibly. What’s a poor, oily administration to do?
Green Car Congress reports that “the US Supreme Court has ordered the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reconsider its refusal to regulate greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions.”
The ruling doesn’t require the agency to impose new regulations, but it is a setback to automakers challenging the regulations mandating reductions in tailpipe CO2 implemented by California* and adopted by other states. .. Part of the argument made against the tailpipe regulations was the contention that carbon dioxide is not an air pollutant subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act.
* Note: This blog knew about such legal challenge since Felix “Pay No Attention to that Coal Stoker behind the Curtain” Kramer reminded Cal Cars News readers that, as Lutz rolled out the Chevrolet Volt, the GM plug-in hybrid concept was announced by the same company that created then crushed the EV1 and still is part of an auto industry lawsuit against the State of California.
You almost want to believe there are policymakers in Washington, D.C. that wish to see some responsible action taken about sensible reduction of anthropogenic carbon emissions. Could this be a backlash to the book burning and muzzling? What next? A carbon tax?
Well, yes, and Al also advocated for a cap-and-trade program that would slash greenhouse-gas emissions 90 percent by 2050.
It’s gosh dang unfair, singling out cars, coal and concrete, just because their carbon emissions are destroying the planet.
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