The rulings represent a huge victory for President Obama’s administration, allowing the EPA to proceed with regulating carbon emissions from vehicles and coal-burning power plants.
European first
European non-profit law organisation ClientEarth -- alongside Friends of the Earth Europe, Birdlife Europe and Transport & Environment -- submitted a brief supporting the EPA. This intervention was the first time a European organisation has taken direct action in the US court system on the issue of climate change.
ClientEarth’s chief executive, James Thornton, commented: ‘The US has now joined the ranks of countries that regulate greenhouse gas. This landmark American ruling is a victory for the whole world. Carbon pollution threatens all of us. New York is not the only low lying city that would be submerged under rising seas.’
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