Oral arguments before the Supreme Court are expected in spring. A decision, which could be delivered in June, would be the most important environmental ruling in the US since the court decided greenhouse gases constitute a pollutant under the Clean Air Act, clearing the way for EPA regulation.
Utilities face Supreme Court over climate change
Climate change will get its day in the highest court in the land. The US Supreme Court will hear a suit brought against four electricity utilities and the Tennessee Valley Authority, alleging that greenhouse gas emissions from their power plants are a public nuisance under common law.
9 December 2010 23:00 GMT
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25 November 2012 15:16 GMT
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