Supreme Court of the United States
Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency
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- Type
- Opinion of the Court
- Filed
- April 2, 2007
- Case
- Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency
- Case status
- Decided
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Justice Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court. A well-documented rise in global temperatures has coincided with a significant increase in the concentration of car*505bon dioxide in the atmosphere. Respected scientists believe the two trends are related. For when carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere, it acts like the ceiling of a greenhous…
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