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Even though the Clean Air Act was designed to address conventional forms of pollution, the Supreme Court held in 2007 that its language could be read to authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gases.(The Week)(Brief article)

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Even though the Clean Air Act was designed to address conventional forms of pollution, the Supreme Court held in 2007 that its language could be read to authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gases. (It was a 5-4 decision, with Justice Kennedy and the Court's four liberals together.) If that decision was correct, then there is no need for Congress to debate action on global warming: It already authorized action ...

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