Climate Change Potential Regulation of Stationary Greenhouse Gas Sources Under the Clean Air Act

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Air--Pollution.

Air.

Climatic changes.

Judge-made law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 2009

Summary:

Summarizes Massachusetts volume EPA, in which Supreme Court upheld EPA authority to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from stationary sources under the Clean Air Act (CAA); and highlights various approaches for EPA. Reviews Section 111 of CAA, which provides authority to set new source performance standards, and requires States to control emissions from existing sources of the same pollutants; examines options to establish a GHG cap-and-trade system; and considers implementation issues

Notes:

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress Congressional Research Service Climate Change

Publisher Number:

CRS-2009-RSI-0844

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