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A Massachusetts muddle

11/29/2010
When business people have to guess about the future, they become cautious about activities crucial to economic welfare, such as investment and hiring. Thanks to the adjudication of science, business people in the US must guess about their legal and statutory liabilities for greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions. Implications for national prosperity and employment are obvious.Behind the mystery is a 2007 Supreme Court decision that essentially declared GHGs to be pollutants subject to regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Air Act. Although the case addressed issues of legal standing and definitions, the ruling had the effect of giving judicial sanction to one position ...
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