Ruth Bader Ginsburg in The Los Angeles Times


On Energy & Oil: Greenhouse gas policy should be decided by EPA, not courts

Ginsburg said that the court had ruled in 2007 that the EPA had the authority to regulate greenhouses gases under the Clean Air Act. That decision undercut the need for a [duplicative] separate lawsuit, she said.

"The EPA is currently engaged in a rulemaking to decide whether the agency should set limits on emissions from domestic power plants. The Clean Air Act, in our judgment, leaves no room for a parallel track" that would call upon a judge to decide on the need for regulations, she said.

Source: David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, "global warming" Jun 21, 2011

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