Ten states fired a new legal salvo at the federal government Thursday in a long-running court battle over global warming and pollution from power plants.Wait for it...
The states, joined by environmental groups, sued the
Environmental Protection Agency over its decision not to regulate carbon dioxide pollution as a contributor to global warming.
New York, California, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin filed the lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
YES! All the liberal claptrap states jumped on board! I'm surprised.... really.
The states, led by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, want the government to require tighter
"We feel it's incumbent on EPA to regulate carbon emissions from those power plants now in order to help us get our arms around global warming," said Spitzer spokesman Marc Violette.
Never mind that the earth has been cooling since '98
Also joining the lawsuit are the cities of Washington and New York, as well as Environmental Defense, Natural Resources Defense Council, and
Sierra Club.
Usual suspects on enviromental lawsuits
New York and other states have fought with the Bush administration for years over carbon dioxide emissions.
and lost
In July 2005, a three-judge panel in the same court upheld the EPA's decision not to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from cars and trucks under the Clean Air Act. The agency argues the law does not authorize them to regulate emissions to reduce global warming, and maintains there is not enough scientific data to support such a move. Amen! Sanity in the courts! I'm buying a lotto ticket!
The lawsuit was filed largely in response to the 2005 ruling, in the hopes that the courts will rule specifically whether the Clean Air Act can be used to fight global warming.
"We think this is the case that will
An EPA spokesman did not immediately return a call for comment.
Coward
Environmentalists say 40 percent of carbon dioxide emissions in the United States come from power plants. Carbon dioxide is believed to be the greatest single contributor to global warming. Which is complete crap, as it is a very poor greenhouse gas. Try methane for a better gas.
A growing number of scientific studies bolster the theory that increased levels of carbon dioxide, methane and other gases are accumulating in the atmosphere, where they trap heat and raise the earth's average temperature.
Considering all those "Studies" are paid for by government grants and the people doing the study would be unemployed without them, it really isn't surprising that they have these findings. Click here for the real scientific rundown.