The Environmental Protection Agency ruling that carbon dioxide emissions pose a significant health risk sets the stage for government regulation of the greenhouse gas.
But, this is the Obama Administration. And the devil is in the details. How strict will the regulation be, if any?
In this story, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said the administration prefers Congressional action on some sort of cap-and-trade program. What if Congress passes something toothless? Or, what if Congress, as is rumored, punts many of the enforcement details, and standards, back to the EPA?
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