Regulating Climate: What Role for the Clean Air Act?

摘要

For the Barack Obama Administration, addressing climate change has quickly risen as a priority. How the Administration should address climate change, however, remains very much in question. The U.S. Congress has started to move on climate legislation, but assuming passage, the final shape and detail of these efforts may not be known for months or even years. In the meantime, the Clean Air Act (CAA)-a complex legal framework with many regulatory hooks and levers-remains the law of the land.