Arizona, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, and Wisconsin
Amici Curiae
Amy J. Wildermuth, Counsel of Record Arizona, Iowa,Maryland, Minnesota, and Wisconsin filed this brief because of their concernover the impact global warming will have on their land, waters, and resources.Amy J. Wildermuth is an associate professor of law at the University of Utah.She received her law degree from the University of Illinois in 1998. Thefollowing is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on August31, 2006. Petitionershave asked this Court to determine whether the Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) acted properly in denying a rulemaking petition to regulate carbondioxide and other pollutants…