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In December 2009 the EPA officially declared that six greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, "threaten the health and welfare of the American people". The decision could open the way for the [[Obama administration]] to impose its own curbs on emissions, although Congress may have the final say.  

In December 2009 the EPA officially declared that six greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, "threaten the health and welfare of the American people". The decision could open the way for the [[Obama administration]] to impose its own curbs on emissions, although Congress may have the final say.  

On April 2, 2007, the [[Supreme Court]] ruled that the EPA has the authority to regulate [[greenhouse gas]] emissions.  This was a rebuke to the [[George W. Bush|Bush]] administration, which had called for voluntary reduction of the gases.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Apr02/0,4670,ScotusGreenhouseGases,00.html Fox News: High Court Rebukes Bush on Car Pollution]</ref>

On April 2, 2007, the [[Supreme Court]] ruled that the EPA has the authority to regulate [[greenhouse gas]] emissions.  This was a rebuke to the [[George W. Bush|Bush]] administration, which had called for voluntary reduction of the gases.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Apr02/0,4670,ScotusGreenhouseGases,00.html Fox News: High Court Rebukes Bush on Car Pollution]</ref>

==Mercury==

==Mercury==

* Bryner, Gary C. ''Blue Skies, Green Politics: The Clean Air Act of 1990 and Its Implementation'' (1995).  

* Bryner, Gary C. ''Blue Skies, Green Politics: The Clean Air Act of 1990 and Its Implementation'' (1995).  

* Collin, Robert W. ''The Environmental Protection Agency: Cleaning Up America's Act'' (2005)

* Collin, Robert W. ''The Environmental Protection Agency: Cleaning Up America's Act'' (2005)

* DeLong, James. ''Out of Bounds and Out of Control: Regulatory Enforcement at the EPA''  (2002) 100pp; libertarian critique [http://www.amazon.com/Out-Bounds-Control-Regulatory-Enforcement/dp/1930865309/ref=pd_cp_b_1 excerpt and text search]

* DeLong, James. ''Out of Bounds and Out of Control: Regulatory Enforcement at the EPA''  (2002) 100pp; libertarian critique [https://www.amazon.com/Out-Bounds-Control-Regulatory-Enforcement/dp/1930865309/ref=pd_cp_b_1 excerpt and text search]

* Funke, Odelia. "Struggling with Integrated Environmental Policy: the EPA Experience." ''Policy Studies Review'' 1993 12(3-4): 137-161. Issn: 0278-4416 Fulltext: [[Ebsco]]

* Funke, Odelia. "Struggling with Integrated Environmental Policy: the EPA Experience." ''Policy Studies Review'' 1993 12(3-4): 137-161. Issn: 0278-4416 Fulltext: [[Ebsco]]

* Harris, Richard A. and Milkas, Sidney M.  ''The Politics of Regulatory Change: A Tale of Two Agencies.'' (1989). 334 pp.   

* Harris, Richard A. and Milkas, Sidney M.  ''The Politics of Regulatory Change: A Tale of Two Agencies.'' (1989). 334 pp.   

* Hays, Samuel P. ''Beauty, Health, and Permanence: Environmental Politics in the United States, 1955-1985'' (1987).  

* Hays, Samuel P. ''Beauty, Health, and Permanence: Environmental Politics in the United States, 1955-1985'' (1987).  

* Kamieniecki, Sheldon, and Michael E. Kraft. ''Business and Environmental Policy: Corporate Interests in the American Political System'' (2007) [http://www.amazon.com/Business-Environmental-Policy-Corporate-Comparative/dp/0262612186/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204540076&sr=8-2 excerpt and text search]

* Kamieniecki, Sheldon, and Michael E. Kraft. ''Business and Environmental Policy: Corporate Interests in the American Political System'' (2007) [https://www.amazon.com/Business-Environmental-Policy-Corporate-Comparative/dp/0262612186/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204540076&sr=8-2 excerpt and text search]

* Kraft, Michael E. "U.S. Environmenal Policy and Politics: from the 1960s to the 1990s." ''Journal of Policy History'' 2000 12(1): 17-42. Issn: 0898-0306 Fulltext: [[Project Muse]]  

* Kraft, Michael E. "U.S. Environmenal Policy and Politics: from the 1960s to the 1990s." ''Journal of Policy History'' 2000 12(1): 17-42. Issn: 0898-0306 Fulltext: [[Project Muse]]  

* Kraft, Michael E. ''Environmental Policy and Politics'' (3rd ed 2006)

* Kraft, Michael E. ''Environmental Policy and Politics'' (3rd ed 2006)

* Lacey, Michael J. ed. ''Government and Environmental Politics: Essays on Historical Developments Since World War Two'' (1989)

* Lacey, Michael J. ed. ''Government and Environmental Politics: Essays on Historical Developments Since World War Two'' (1989)

* Landry, Marc K. et al., eds. ''The Environmental Protection Agency: Asking the Wrong Questions: From Nixon to Clinton''  (1994) case studies on the Ozone Standard, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Clean Air Act (and its impact on the steel industry), the Superfund, Cancer Policy [http://www.amazon.com/Environmental-Protection-Agency-Questions-Clinton/dp/0195086732/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260468941&sr=8-2#noop excerpt and text search]

* Landry, Marc K. et al., eds. ''The Environmental Protection Agency: Asking the Wrong Questions: From Nixon to Clinton''  (1994) case studies on the Ozone Standard, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Clean Air Act (and its impact on the steel industry), the Superfund, Cancer Policy [https://www.amazon.com/Environmental-Protection-Agency-Questions-Clinton/dp/0195086732/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260468941&sr=8-2#noop excerpt and text search]

* Lester, James P. ''Environmental Politics and Policy: Theories and Evidence'' (2nd ed. 1995)  

* Lester, James P. ''Environmental Politics and Policy: Theories and Evidence'' (2nd ed. 1995)  

* Lieber, Harvey.  ''Federalism and Clean Waters: The 1972 Water Pollution Control Act.'' (1975). 288 pp.   

* Lieber, Harvey.  ''Federalism and Clean Waters: The 1972 Water Pollution Control Act.'' (1975). 288 pp.   

* O'Leary, Rosemary. ''Environmental Change: Federal Courts and the EPA'' (1993).  

* O'Leary, Rosemary. ''Environmental Change: Federal Courts and the EPA'' (1993).  

* Paehlke, Robert C. ''Environmentalism and the Future of Progressive Politics'' (1989)

* Paehlke, Robert C. ''Environmentalism and the Future of Progressive Politics'' (1989)

* Plater, Zygmunt, et al. '' Environmental Law and Policy: Nature, Law, and Society'' (3rd ed. 2004), 1440pp legal cases [http://www.amazon.com/Environmental-Law-Policy-Nature-Society/dp/0735541434/ref=sip_rech_dp_4 excerpt and text search]

* Plater, Zygmunt, et al. '' Environmental Law and Policy: Nature, Law, and Society'' (3rd ed. 2004), 1440pp legal cases [https://www.amazon.com/Environmental-Law-Policy-Nature-Society/dp/0735541434/ref=sip_rech_dp_4 excerpt and text search]

* Russell, Edmund P., III. "Lost among the Parts per Billion: Ecological Protection at the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1970-1993." ''Environmental History'' 1997 2(1): 29-51. Issn: 1084-5453  

* Russell, Edmund P., III. "Lost among the Parts per Billion: Ecological Protection at the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1970-1993." ''Environmental History'' 1997 2(1): 29-51. Issn: 1084-5453  

* Schoenbrod, David.  ''Saving Our Environment from Washington: How Congress Grabs Power, Shirks Responsibility, and Shortchanges the People.'' (2005). 320 pp. Argues states and localities should assume many of EPA's roles  

* Schoenbrod, David.  ''Saving Our Environment from Washington: How Congress Grabs Power, Shirks Responsibility, and Shortchanges the People.'' (2005). 320 pp. Argues states and localities should assume many of EPA's roles  

* Whitaker, John C. ''Striking a Balance: Environment and Natural Resource Policy in the Nixon-Ford Years'' (1976).  

* Whitaker, John C. ''Striking a Balance: Environment and Natural Resource Policy in the Nixon-Ford Years'' (1976).  

* [http://www.questia.com/library/science-and-technology/epa.jsp annotated bibliography]

* [http://www.questia.com/library/science-and-technology/epa.jsp annotated bibliography]

* [http://www.amazon.com/Environmental-Protection-Agency-Questions-Clinton/dp/book-citations/0195086732/ref=sid_dp_av?ie=UTF8&citeType=cited#cited additional books]

* [https://www.amazon.com/Environmental-Protection-Agency-Questions-Clinton/dp/book-citations/0195086732/ref=sid_dp_av?ie=UTF8&citeType=cited#cited additional books]

==External links==

==External links==

* http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/31/despite-court-ruling-epa-raises-biofuel-estimate/

* https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/31/despite-court-ruling-epa-raises-biofuel-estimate/

==References==

==References==