The Middletown Press - Attorney general takes on issue of global warming: "MIDDLETOWN - Attorney General Richard Blumenthal stopped by Wesleyan University for an Earth Day celebration to discuss two pressing topics: the environment and global warming...
Blumenthal was on hand to discuss a United States Supreme Court ruling on carbon dioxide emissions. In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court said the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had violated the Clean Air Act.
'This is the most important decision of my 15 years as attorney general,' Blumenthal said. 'You must regulate carbon dioxide emissions.'
The ruling also said that by not regulating new-vehicle emissions standards to control pollutants like carbon dioxide, the EPA had failed and helped to contribute to the problem of global warming. ..."
