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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (11168)	4/4/2007 10:59:00 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 36921

Ruling Undermines Lawsuits Opposing Emissions Controls Yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling on carbon dioxide emissions largely shredded the underpinning of other lawsuits trying to block regulation of the emissions and gave new momentum to Congressional efforts to control heat-trapping gases linked to climate change. Emissions law could still face hurdles California won a major victory in its campaign to regulate greenhouse gases on Monday. But the battle is not over. The state still faces challenges on two fronts — at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and in a lawsuit by automakers — before it can implement its landmark law slashing greenhouse gas emissions from car exhaust. Even if California prevails, Congress could end up passing weaker national legislation that would supersede the state's. Bush holds line on global warming despite ruling President George W. Bush said on Tuesday he planned no new action to impose caps on greenhouse gases blamed for global warming despite the Supreme Court ruling that the Environmental Protection Agency must regulate U.S. emissions. Instead, Bush pointed to his proposal to require cars to burn more gasoline made from home-grown sources like ethanol, and repeated his long-held stance that U.S. action is meaningless without changes by China and India. link to full stories at theoildrum.com