Supreme Court's Climate Change Decision : Massachusetts v. EPA.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Air--Pollution.

Air.

Climatic changes.

Actions and defenses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (6 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Traces events leading up to Supreme Court decision against EPA in Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. EPA, a global warming-related case involving a challenge to EPA denial of a Clean Air Act petition requesting that the agency impose limits on four pollutants emitted by new motor vehicles, owing to their alleged contribution to global warming. Details Court decision, and analyzes its implications for mobile sources and other climate change litigation.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Supreme Court's Climate Change Decision

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