The Environmental Protection Agency's ruling allows the U.S to be more ambitious at copenhagen

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On the point: Simply catching up to the Supreme Court

The EPA is not catching up to the Supreme Court ruling, it is inline with the current administration's promise to make the environment a priority -- a far cry from the Bush administration. In 2007 when the Supreme Court ruled that the EPA could and should develop standards that big businesses would be held accountable to, the EPA conducted research and sent its findings to the White House. Apparently, an email from the EPA isn't high on the priority list -- and went unopened for some time. 
 
What the US is catching up on is 8 years of neglecting environmental issues -- but, hopefully priorities have shifted.

The US Supreme court back in 2007 ruled that greenhouse gasses should be considered to be within the clean air act and therefore need much tighter regulation. This EPA ruling is simply playing catch up and will have little real impact.

Yes, because...

 

No, because... Simply catching up to the Supreme Court

The EPA is not catching up to the Supreme Court ruling, it is inline with the current administration's promise to make the environment a priority -- a far cry from the Bush administration. In 2007 when the Supreme Court ruled that the EPA could and should develop standards that big businesses would be held accountable to, the EPA conducted research and sent its findings to the White House. Apparently, an email from the EPA isn't high on the priority list -- and went unopened for some time.

What the US is catching up on is 8 years of neglecting environmental issues -- but, hopefully priorities have shifted.

 

The US Supreme court back in 2007 ruled that greenhouse gasses should be considered to be within the clean air act and therefore need much tighter regulation. This EPA ruling is simply playing catch up and will have little real impact.