Justice Scalia: "I Don't Want To Have To Deal With Global Warming, To Tell You The Truth"...

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First Posted: 11-30-06 01:33 PM   |   Updated: 03-28-08 02:44 AM

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Washington Post :

The Supreme Court yesterday cautiously confronted for the first time the issue of global warming, hearing a challenge to the Bush administration's refusal to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases in new vehicles.

Twelve states, led by Massachusetts and joined by the District of Columbia, are objecting to the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to decline to issue emissions standards for new cars and trucks. They and the environmental organizations that support them say the standards should be the first step in a broader effort to reduce carbon dioxide and other gases that they say are harming the atmosphere and leading to global warming and rising sea levels.

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Filed by Katharine Zaleski
 



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