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):

Actions and defenses.

Air--Pollution.

Air.

Climatic changes.

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] 2007

Summary:

Traces events leading up to Supreme Court decision against EPA in Commonwealth of Massachusetts volume 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:

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

Publisher Number:

CRS-2007-AML-0233

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