Latest News about Air Pollution and Its Effects

High court hears global warming case.
Wednesday November 29th 2006, 10:00 pm

In sharp debate before the U.S. Supreme Court, states and environmental groups urged the justices to require that the Bush administration regulate greenhouse gases from new vehicles in an effort to slow global warming.

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Supreme Court hears arguments on limiting CO2.
Wednesday November 29th 2006, 7:00 pm

U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday began weighing whether to force the federal EPA to regulate tailpipe emissions in a high-stakes case that could test California's new greenhouse gas laws and set the stage for congressional action on global warming. [News Source]

Litigants prod U.S. on global warming.
Wednesday November 29th 2006, 7:00 pm

A coalition of states, environmental groups and others alarmed by climate change urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to compel the balking Bush administration to face the danger posed by global warming. [News Source]

High court emissions case may impact Del.
Wednesday November 29th 2006, 7:00 pm

A case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday could force the federal government to regulate vehicle emissions and other sources of carbon dioxide, a main contributor to heat-trapping greenhouse gases that Delaware and other states fear could devastate coastlines. [News Source]

High court hears global warming case.
Wednesday November 29th 2006, 7:00 pm

In sharp debate yesterday before the U.S. Supreme Court, states and environmental groups urged the justices to require that the Bush administration regulate greenhouse gases from new vehicles in an effort to slow global warming. [News Source]

Supreme Court in global warming fray.
Wednesday November 29th 2006, 7:00 pm

The Supreme Court entered the global warming debate on Wednesday as a dozen states, including Maine and Massachusetts, squared off against the Bush administration over whether the federal government should regulate certain motor vehicle emissions. [News Source]

Top court hears emissions case.
Wednesday November 29th 2006, 7:00 pm

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in its first global warming case, one that could have major implications for the U.S. auto industry. [News Source]

Global warming comes before US highest court.
Wednesday November 29th 2006, 7:00 pm

The US Supreme Court's decision to tackle global warming for the first time is expected to have far-reaching and lasting consequences for US policy. [News Source]

Court takes on global warming.
Wednesday November 29th 2006, 7:00 pm

The Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with the thorny issues surrounding global warming and the government's efforts to abate it. [News Source]

Court hears global warming case.
Wednesday November 29th 2006, 7:00 pm

Frustrated by White House inaction on global warming, 12 states and environmentalists urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday to declare greenhouse gases to be air pollutants that the government must regulate. [News Source]

US court considers CO2 limit case.
Wednesday November 29th 2006, 7:00 pm

The US Supreme Court is considering whether carbon dioxide (CO2) should be defined as a pollutant and therefore subject to a law regulating emissions. [News Source]