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Last Updated: Monday, 2 April 2007, 20:54 GMT 21:54 UK

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US 'must regulate car pollution'

The Bush administration opposes capping greenhouse gas emissions
The highest court in the US has ruled that the government was wrong to say it did not have the power to regulate exhaust gases from new cars and trucks.
Twelve states and 13 campaign groups brought the landmark case against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The US Supreme Court said the EPA had offered "no reasoned explanation" for refusing to regulate carbon dioxide and other harmful gas emissions from cars.

The ruling was close, with five judges voting in favour and four dissenting.

The justices had been asked to consider whether carbon dioxide (CO2) should be defined as a pollutant and therefore subject to a law regulating emissions.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6519923.stm

[Evangelicals for the environment, regular Conservatives, and people on the Left all want cleaner air. George Bush's father promoted clean air and his son should do so as well. ]

[Canuck Teacher]

who protects us from our governments and the big businesses who own them? every so often, a major institution, in this case the supreme court, actually does something in the interest of the people. call it a once in a blue moon democracy.

[Milwaukiedave]

There's no doubt in my mind Bush will ignore the ruling. In his mind there is only one branch of government now. He's told both the Supreme Court and Congress off, so why should we believe he'll listen to either of them.