Climate Change : Potential Regulation of Stationary Greenhouse Gas Sources Under the Clean Air Act.

Summarizes Massachusetts v. EPA, in which Supreme Court upheld EPA authority to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from stationary sources under the Clean Air Act (CAA); and highlights various approaches for EPA. Reviews Section 111 of CAA, which provides authority to set new source performance...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Air > Pollution. Judge-made law. Climatic changes. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Summarizes Massachusetts v. EPA, in which Supreme Court upheld EPA authority to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from stationary sources under the Clean Air Act (CAA); and highlights various approaches for EPA. Reviews Section 111 of CAA, which provides authority to set new source performance standards, and requires States to control emissions from existing sources of the same pollutants; examines options to establish a GHG cap-and-trade system; and considers implementation issues.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.