US Congress Should Take Lead On CO2 Rules - Lawmakers
US Congress Should Take Lead On CO2 Rules - Lawmakers US: April 11, 2008 WASHINGTON - The task of writing first-ever rules to limit greenhouse gas emissions should fall to the Congress and not federal regulators, key lawmakers in the House said Thursday. Pressured by a landmark 2007 ruling by the Supreme Court that it must reconsider its refusal to regulate carbon-dioxide emissions from new cars and trucks, the Environmental Protection Agency last month started a long process of writing regulations.