EPA case was an important case of defining what the EPA needs to regulate and be in charge of. The case started when citizens asked the EPA to limit climate pollution through the Clean Air Act, however, President Bush and his EPA disavowed its obligation to address climate pollution. They stated how “dangerous climate pollutions emitted into the air … didn’t qualify as ‘air pollutant[s]’” (Levitan). In 2007, the Supreme Court rejected the EPA’s claim, ruling that “carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases qualified as air pollutants” (Levitan). From then on, it was the EPA’s responsibility to address climate pollution in the Clean Air
EPA case was an important case of defining what the EPA needs to regulate and be in charge of. The case started when citizens asked the EPA to limit climate pollution through the Clean Air Act, however, President Bush and his EPA disavowed its obligation to address climate pollution. They stated how “dangerous climate pollutions emitted into the air … didn’t qualify as ‘air pollutant[s]’” (Levitan). In 2007, the Supreme Court rejected the EPA’s claim, ruling that “carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases qualified as air pollutants” (Levitan). From then on, it was the EPA’s responsibility to address climate pollution in the Clean Air