18 US States Sue EPA Over Greenhouse Gas Pollution

[RedEarth]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON - Eighteen states sued the US Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday for failing to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new cars and trucks, one year after the Supreme Court ruled that the agency had the power to do so.

The suit seeks EPA's response to the high court's April 2, 2007, ruling, a landmark decision seen as a sharp defeat for the Bush administration's policy on climate change.

While acknowledging the reality of human-caused global warming, the administration has opposed across-the-board limits on carbon emissions that make the problem worse.

In addition to the states, officials from three cities and at 11 environmental groups signed the suit, which seeks action within 60 days. Environmental lawyers acknowledged a response is unlikely before President George W. Bush leaves office.



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[Maestro]

1. The EPA is just following the repukes in that

global warming is no big deal and that the EPA shouldn't force corps to spend money on outfitting smoke stacks or other exhaust systems with better filtration systems and certainly not force the automotive industry to really do something to invest in alternative fuels for engines.