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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Jun 23, 2014, 11:55 AM Jun 2014

Justices limit existing EPA global warming rules



WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday placed limits on the sole Obama administration program already in place to deal with power plant and factory emissions of gases blamed for global warming.

The justices said that the Environmental Protection Agency lacks authority in some cases to force companies to evaluate ways to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. This rule applies when a company needs a permit to expand facilities or build new ones that would increase overall pollution. Carbon dioxide is the chief gas linked to global warming.

The decision does not affect EPA proposals for first-time national standards for new and existing power plants. The most recent proposal aims at a 30 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, but won’t take effect for at least another two years.

The outcome also preserves EPA’s authority over facilities that already emit pollutants that the agency regulates other than greenhouse gases.

Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the court, said “EPA is getting almost everything it wanted in this case.” Scalia said the agency wanted to regulate 86 percent of all greenhouse gases emitted from plants nationwide. The agency will be able to regulate 83 percent of the emissions under the ruling, Scalia said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/justices-limit-existing-epa-global-warming-rules/2014/06/23/a6966718-fae0-11e3-9f27-09f20b8bfd1a_story.html?wpisrc=al_comboPN_p
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Justices limit existing EPA global warming rules (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2014 OP
If Scalia is talking about a difference of 3% by volume Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #1

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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1. If Scalia is talking about a difference of 3% by volume
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 12:02 PM
Jun 2014

that doesn't sound too bad. If he's talking about 83% vs 86% of point sources, that could be another game entirely, especially if those 3% produce a lot more than 3% of total emissions, or if it simply means that the other 83% can make slight alterations that allow them to join the other 3% in not being regulated.

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