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Published 4/17/2009 at The most recent articles from BusinessGreen

Danny Bradbury, BusinessGreen , Friday 17 April 2009 at 11:00:00 Landmark ruling on whether carbon emissions can be regulated under the Clean Air Act could be just weeks away The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inching closer to an endangerment finding that will enable it to regulate carbon emissions in the US, after the Office of Management and... (link)

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