First Legal Precident Set For Emissios

CHUQ

Is this gonna be good or just another band-aid?

A federal judge in Vermont gave the first legal endorsement yesterday to rules in California, being copied in 13 other states, that intend to reduce greenhouse gases emitted by automobiles and light trucks.

Ruling in a lawsuit against Vermont’s standards on those heat-trapping gases, the judge, William K. Sessions III, rejected a variety of challenges from auto manufacturers, including their contention that the states were usurping federal authority.

The ruling follows a decision by the United States Supreme Court in April that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate heat-trapping gases like carbon dioxide as air pollutants. The ruling in Vermont explicitly endorses the idea that California has the right to set its own regulations on the gases, and that other states, like Vermont, have the right to follow its lead.

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Tumbleweed · Black Ops Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 3687 votes: 3

Band-aid, especially for states in the East affected by emissions from the Mid-West emissions. Unless we are all on the same page it won't help the Eastern states much. IMO.

When the major air polluters from the Midwest are on board it might make a difference, but then you have to have the EPA enforce the laws, which is another problem they will face.
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CHUQ · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:13 am Post subject:

I agree, there are some actions that need to be taken nationally and not left up to the descretion of the States, the environment is one of those issues.
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