The Natural Resources Defense Council took out a two-page advertisement in a local newspaper in Martha’s Vineyard, where President Obama arrived today for a 10-day vacation, pleading with the president to combat attempts to block the administration from regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act.
Environmentalists have More…
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs dodged questions from a reporter at today’s daily briefing on whether President Obama would push the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions if Congress does not cap emissions in energy legislation.
EPA regulation of emissions is the worst-case scenario for Republicans and More…
The Senate just voted down Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s (R-Alaska) resolution to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency’s finding that greenhouse gas emissions pose a danger to public health. The final vote was 53-47, with six Democrats joining all Republicans in voting for the resolution.
The EPA was required by the Supreme More…
Rachel Hartman has a great roundup of what conservatives are saying about the upcoming Supreme Court battle. But it’s not just on the right that Justice John Paul Stevens’ retirement is causing intense speculation. Environmentalists are also fretting about the implications of Stevens’ exit for the country’s climate struggles. More…
The Environmental Protection Agency released an endangerment finding today that states that greenhouse gases pose a threat to public health and welfare.
“EPA’s proposed endangerment finding is based on rigorous, peer-reviewed scientific analysis of six gases — carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride — that More…
The Clean Air Act is one of the signature laws that gives regulatory authority to the Environmental Protection Agency.
But the Bush administration, especially under EPA head Stephen Johnson, has weakened ozone standards and ignored a U.S. Supreme Court order to use the law to regulate greenhouse gases that More…
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