A Legal Perspective on Greenhouse Gas Regulation: Recent Court Decisions on Climate Change and the Implications for the Landfill Industry

摘要

1. Steadily increasing pressure in recent years for regulation of greenhouse gases, driven largely by a 2007 Supreme Court decision, Massachusetts v. EPA.rn2. New administration has promised to address climate change - the question is how?rn3. The Clean Air Act (CAA) only covers "air pollutants."rn4. EPA has issued conflicting memoranda on whether CO_2 is an "air pollutant" - a 1998 EPA memorandum states that CO_2 is an "air pollutant," but EPA reversed course in a 2003 memorandum, declaring that CO_2 is not an "air pollutant."