The EPA Power Grab
My thanks to Prof. Slavin for inviting me to serve as student blogger of the month. I shall do my level best to maintain the high standards set by the MULS Faculty Blog.
Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a finding that greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, constitute a threat to human health and welfare as defined under the Clean Air Act (CAA). This is significant because the CAA allows the EPA to regulate any pollutant that the EPA finds a danger to human health and welfare. As EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson stated, “[i]f we don’t act to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the planet we will leave to the future will be very different that then one we know today.” If the EPA does decide to act, the same statement will apply to the U.S. economy.