Re: [asa] Not April Fools

In preparation for the release of the IPCC report, the Supreme Court
handed the environmental movement, and may I say, the citizens of the
US and beyond, a nice present

<quote> WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - In a defeat for the Bush
administration, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a U.S.
government agency has the power under the clean air law to regulate
greenhouse gas emissions that spur global warming.

The nation's highest court by a 5-4 vote said the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency "has offered no reasoned explanation" for its
refusal to regulate carbon dioxide and other emissions from new cars
and trucks that contribute to climate change.

The ruling came in one of the most important environmental cases to
reach the Supreme Court in decades. It marked the first high court
decision in a case involving global warming.</quote>

The majority observed that

<quote>Justice John Paul Stevens, writing for the court majority,
rejected the administration's argument that it lacked the power to
regulate such emissions. He said the EPA's decision was "arbitrary,
capricious or otherwise not in accordance with law."</quote>

Scalia, probably somewhat tongue in cheek, observed that

<quote>Scalia said the court ``has no business substituting its own
desired outcome for the reasoned judgment of the responsible
agency.''</quote>

On 4/1/07, Rich Blinne <rich.blinne@gmail.com> wrote:
> The next shoe drops on Friday. Impacts, Adaptation, and
> Vulnerabilities SPM
> report of the IPCC releases then. Local briefings happen on the 10th
> illustrating the local issues.
> http://www.ipcc.ch/press/prwg10apr07.htm
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 1, 2007, at 7:33 PM, Randy Isaac wrote:
>
> Did any of you catch the 60 Minutes segment on Antarctica tonight?
> http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/30/60minutes/main2631210.shtml
> Too bad it's not all an April Fool's joke.
> Randy
>
>

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Received on Mon Apr 2 13:09:39 2007