VIDEO | Climate Change in the Courts

You may have already heard about this or seen something concerning it.....
I think that this gives a good overall view of the current litigation and
an explanation of the possible outcomes and consequences thereof.....
PEACE................Scott

VIDEO | Climate Change in the Courts
A Report by Sari Gelzer and Kelpie Wilson

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/042507D.shtml

In the first high court decision on global warming,
the Supreme Court has ruled that it is the job of the
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate
greenhouse gases emitted from cars. This landmark ruling
in the case of Massachusetts v. EPA has set a new precedent
that will allow a plethora of global warming litigation
cases to move forward. This decision will directly
influence a current court case in which automakers are
trying to block a California law that requires new cars and
trucks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 22 percent by 2012
and 30 percent by 2016. This law has been adopted by ten other
states, and if successfully implemented, would drastically
transform the environmental standards of the auto industry.
These court cases are an example of how litigation that attempts
to force governments and corporations to act to combat global
warming is gaining momentum.

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