Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 2007-04-02

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Justice Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court. A well-documented rise in global temperatures has coincided with a significant increase in the concentration of car *505 bon dioxide in the atmosphere. Respected scientists believe the two trends are related. For when carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere, it acts like the ceiling of a greenhous…

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