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• High Court Faults EPA Inaction on Emissions  

Critics of Bush Stance on Warming Claim Victory
Jump to full article: The Washington Post, 2007-04-03
Author: Robert Barnes and Juliet Eilperin Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, April 3, 2007; Page A01

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The Supreme Court rebuked the Bush administration yesterday for refusing to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, siding with environmentalists in the court's first examination of the phenomenon of global warming.

The court ruled 5 to 4 that the Environmental Protection Agency violated the Clean Air Act by improperly declining to regulate new-vehicle emissions standards to control the pollutants that scientists say contribute to global warming.

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