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The EPA Could Lose Its Power to Fight Climate Change Before Using It
2013-05-17 21:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Atlantic Wire: Advocates of forceful action on climate change have long held a trump card. The primary source of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. is coal plants, and -since the Supreme Court has determined that those emissions are a pollutant -the EPA is mandated to regulate them. At some point, then, whether whatever president likes it or not, the agency had to make a rule limiting carbon dioxideemissions. But, what the court giveth, the court can rescind in a tightly contested vote. And with a barrage...
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