In a very brief period of time we went from no federal action on addressing climate change to both Congress and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) “rushing” to regulate carbon dioxide.
Recent articles in the New York Times (February 19, 2009) and the Wall Street Journal (February 23, 2009) summarize the recent announcement that the EPA will be moving ahead in responding to a Supreme Court order to determine whether carbon dioxide is a pollutant that endangers public health and welfare. It was almost two years ago that the Supreme Court decision (Massachusetts vs. U.S. EPA) ruled that the EPA …