4-2-07 Carbon Emissions from SCOTUS

Back in June I posted a reference to a court case wherein the state of Massachusetts, et al, was suing the EPA for not doing anything about carbon emissions from automobiles.

The contention was that the Clean Air Act mandates that the EPA actually do something about the carbon dioxide emissions coming from automobiles in this country. The EPA's contention was that carbon dioxide emissions are not covered, specifically, as pollutants and therefore do not come under its regulatory umbrella.

The Supreme Court today ruled against the EPA. Here's one article on the story.

Amongst all the bricks in the wall that the Bush Administration has erected over the past six years between themselves and the will of the people, this one is particularly interesting because it opens the door to the regulation of how much carbon dioxide an automobile can emit. It would then be a relatively small step from automobiles to coal burning electric generating plants, factories, and everything else.