Federal Agency Actions Following the Supreme Court’s Climate Change Decision: A Chronology

Meltz, Robert

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Air pollution;    Greenhouse gases;    Law;   

RP-ID  :  R41103
RP-ID  :  R41103_2011Apr06

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report presents a chronology of major federal agency actions related to environmental concerns following the decision of Massachusetts v. EPA; it particularly looks at actions of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).In Massachusetts v. EPA, the Supreme Court held that greenhouse gases (GHGs), widely viewed as contributing to climate change, constitute “air pollutants” as that phrase is used in the Clean Air Act (CAA).