The past few weeks have brought several major victories for the environment - including two landmark Supreme Court rulings in the race to address global warming.
On Monday, the Supreme Court rejected the Bush Administration's claims that it lacked the authority to regulate dangerous global warming pollution from automobiles. The court also ruled that the Administration's Environmental Protection Agency must act to reduce carbon dioxide pollution unless the agency has "some reasonable explanation" about why it won't take action.
In a second case, the Court ruled against Duke Energy Corp. for violating the Clean Air Act by failing to upgrade pollution controls when it renovated eight aging power plants.
After six long years of inaction on addressing global warming, we hope these rulings will serve as a wake-up call for the Bush Administration and Congress to get moving on global warming solutions. Both victories add to the increasing momentum for congressional action to curb global warming and invest in clean energy solutions.
Here at LCV, we will continue to build on these landmark victories to protect public health and our environment. Specifically, we will continue working with Congress to help pass important legislation that will address global warming and help jump-start the new clean energy economy, such as the Markey-Platts fuel economy bill, the Udall-Platts renewable electricity standard bill, and Waxman's global warming legislation.
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