News Times Live States Face off with EPA over Greenhouse Gases: "States Face off with EPA over Greenhouse Gases
By Robert Miller
THE NEWS-TIMES
Connecticut 'can and will' sue the federal government if it refuses to let it and 11 other states regulate the greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said Friday.
'We ought to be outraged that the United States is in the rear guard, rather than the forefront in fighting global warming and carbon dioxide emissions,' Blumenthal said Friday. 'We ought to be doubly outraged because doing those things is the law.'
Blumenthal’s remarks came as the federal Environmental Protection Agency plans to hold a second round of hearings on the issue of carbon dioxide regulation next week. The EPA will then take written comments on the issue until June 15. It has no deadline to make a final decision. ...
'You’re not just talking about California, you’re talking about the entire block of states in the Northeast,' said Charles Rothenberger, attorney for the Connecticut Fund for the Environment. 'That’s a major portion of the cars on the road.'"
