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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Supreme Court Hears Emissions Regulation Case

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A detail of the West Facade of the U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Monday, March 7, 2011. (AP)

In the most significant global warming case to reach its front doors, a skeptical Supreme Court appears poised to block a major lawsuit brought by states and environmental groups against five large power companies for supposedly creating a public nuisance because of carbon dioxide emissions.

Tuesday's arguments revealed a high court bench that strongly questioned the ability of the states to bring the lawsuit and seemed to think that the federal government, through the Environmental Protection Agency, is the proper entity to regulate air pollution through the Clean Air Act.

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