US Supreme Court Rules Against EPA
Published by Staff April 3rd, 2007 in Health.
The following is a statement from Earthjustice attorney Howard Fox. On behalf of Earthjustice’s client the Sierra Club, Mr. Fox co-argued this case at the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2005.
“Today is a great day for the environment. In one of the most important environmental cases of its history, the Supreme Court has reaffirmed what we have been saying all along: The Clean Air Act gives EPA authority to fight global warming. The EPA must act immediately and issue regulations that limit greenhouse gases from motor vehicles that contribute to global warming.
“While this case has worked its way through EPA and the courts, scientific evidence of global warming has continued to mount — so much so that the scientific debate is over. Our climate is warming, and pollution from human activities is a major cause. Harms include rising seas that submerge coastal lands, stronger hurricanes, more drought, melting ice caps and degraded ecosystems.
“To combat this most urgent environmental crisis, strong and comprehensive U.S. action is crucial. EPA must use its existing Clean Air Act authority to require control of greenhouse gas emissions — by motor vehicles (the subject of this case) as well as by other sources like power plants. The Act has successfully cut emissions of many pollutants, and it can do the same for greenhouse gases.
“Congress should both hold EPA’s feet to the fire and enact a national emissions cap that requires steep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, and must also significantly tighten fuel economy standards for motor vehicles. Scientists have determined that to avoid the worst impacts of global warming we must cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050.”
Source: Earthjustice
I will like to see not just few states acting on the global warming but for that to happen every person must ask their MP that represents them. Coming from New Zealand I will like to imphasize on the measures that must be taken to curb global warming have to be immideate as it will ruin the worlds biological life.I myself in NZ feel that summers are ending late.Not just me every one is feeling it.We just need to stand up and be the revolutionist society in this modern era nd help curb the old ways and old methods of energy and power consumption and look at different ways of energy sources that are renewable such as wind,water,sun etc. I myself gonna dedicate my life to help make this world betta place for biological life around the world.