Louisiana tells EPA that it should let Congress handle greenhouse gas regulation
Louisiana’s Department of Environmental Quality urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to rescind its finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health, arguing that Congress—not regulators—should set climate policy. Reported by Mark Schleifstein in The Times-Picayune, the dispute reflected broader national resistance to federal climate oversight, even as scientific consensus around emissions and long-term environmental risk continued to solidify.
Source: NOLA.com | Times-Picayune (2009) Read More