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SCOTUS Says EPA Can Regulate Carbon
ThanatosMinor writes "In a 5-4 decision today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the EPA has the authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, saying that the EPA's reasons for not doing so in the past were 'arbitrary, capricious or otherwise not in accordance with law.' The ruling does not require the EPA to regulate carbon. But concerns about global climate change and its ties to human activity did appear to be deciding factors in the case." The AP coverage stresses that the ruling upholds the right of states to sue the Federal government over issues of global warming.
lmao. that's fantastic. Me and the OP get modded troll, while you, agreeing with my basic point, get +4 interesting. priceless.
Go on, mod me down again someone.
I've had it up to here (pointing to my forhead, which coincidentally matches the snowfall this abnormally cold year) with this "global warming" crap.
I'm tired of scientific and humanistic arrogance and ignorance, costing me and the rest of the world money, time, ink, airwaves, and bandwidth.
There is NO scientific, or factual proof that it is caused by HUMAN influence. Warming and cooling of the globe has been occurring LONG before humans where even on this planet.
If you believe in global warming, LEAVE and create your own bubble, count your own carbon footprints and live in it yourself.
Enough already. Be Gone.
sheesh.
And here I thought people who read slashdot put some credibility in the generally accepted views of the scientific community. Why, then, are we so hostile towards a positive decision in curbing global climate change?
- It's regulation of tech.
- It's related to science.
- It's going to require major technological innovation.
- It's likely to drastically affect nerds' ability to use technology and/or energy.
Just for starters
That's an awfully broad expansion of the definition of "News for Nerds." It sounds like you could make just about anything count as "News for Nerds." Now where have I seen that kind of thing before...
Oh my God,
Souter, is that you?
Since when is Global Warming even remotely related to science?
Perhaps it's related to science the same way as the Piltdown Man. B-)
But it's "News for Nerds" whether it's good science, bad science, or a hoax in science clothing. For different reasons in each case, perhaps, but "News for Nerds" nonetheless.
Bantam Dominique roosters crow a four-note song. Once you've heard it as "Happy BIRTHday" you can't NOT hear it that way
It's not only the half-truths out there that are confusing people it's also the outright lies
that are pushing the agenda here. One of the dire warnings of the IPCC report is that Malaria
is going to leave the tropics and head up north.
Well if got news for you. Malaria goes where mosquitoes thrive and there have been epidemics
of it up north in sibiria(!) during the earliest soviet times. Watch the film "The Global Warming
Swindle" it also has a segment on this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XttV2C6B8pU
"The global warming alarm is dressed up as science, but it's not, it's LIES."
I'd like the right to kill anyone and anything that causes me pain and discomfort or poses health risks.
Either you believe the host should have control over her body or you do not.
Does the right to "control over my body" include flexing my finger when I point a gun at someone ?
Ask that question again after you've been anaesthesized and killed.