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New Arctic ice minimum set three weeks early
According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, (NSDIC) “Arctic sea ice appears to have broken the 2007 record daily extent and is now the lowest in the satellite era.” This announcement was made earlier today, on August 27. The joint International Arctic Research Center/Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency team out of Fairbanks, Alaska announced […]
DC appeals court ruling will prove difficult to overturn, largely ignored by conservatives
July 23, 2012
The recent appeals court ruling that the EPA has the authority to regulate greenhouse gases will stand until the Republicans control the Presidency and have a filibuster- proof majority of the Senate, or until a liberal Supreme Court Justice is replaced by a conservative.
Appeals court finds arguments against EPA’s greenhouse gas Tailoring Rule illogical
July 20, 2012
You know you've spectacularly lost the argument when the DC Circuit Court of Appeals quotes Schoolhouse Rock in its opinion against you.
DC appeals court says EPA’s interpretation of Clean Air Act “unambiguously correct”
July 19, 2012
The states and industry groups tried to argue that the EPA's greenhouse gas regulations went against the Clean Air Act in multiple ways. But the DC appeals court strongly disagreed, finding in every instance that the EPA was "unambiguously correct."
DC appeals court rejects attacks on EPA’s greenhouse gas Endangerment Finding
July 18, 2012
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that the greenhouse gas Endangerment Finding was exactly what the EPA said it was – based on sound scientific evidence and anchored firmly within the legal requirements of the Clean Air Act.
Historical context behind the court ruling that the EPA may regulate greenhouse gases
July 17, 2012
When the DC appeals court ruled that the EPA had the authority to regulate greenhouse gases on June 26, 2012, it brought to a close a process of regulation and court challenges that started in 1999.
NYTimes Green blog: Burning Colorado forests may not regenerate
June 26, 2012
The NYTimes Green blog reports that the burning Colorado forests may not regenerate into forest, but rather into shrubland.
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August 27, 2012
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