Greenhouse Gases and the EPA
The Legality of Regulating Emissions Under Current Law
The scientific, economic, and political questionssurrounding global warming have long been with us. The legal debate is arelative newcomer. Though the first court decisions related to global warmingappeared over a decade ago, the quantity of such litigation has increasedsignificantly in recent years. The First EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA) General Counsel Memorandum. In 1998, the United States signed the Kyoto Protocol.This document committed the Nation to reductions of greenhouse gas (GHG)emissions — upon Senate approval and ratification by the president. Aware thatnear-term prospects for Senate approval were dubious, some Members of Congressbecame concerned during this period that the [President Bill] ClintonAdministration…
