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Will litigants and courts “enact” two, three, many Kyotos? Marlo Lewis, Senior Fellow Competitive Enterprise Institute 202-669-6693; mlewis@cei.org Heartland Institute Conference NYC, March 4, 2008
Outline ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Cap-and-trade ain’t the only game in town ,[object Object],[object Object]
Some Pending CAA Cases (Sierra Club alone involved in 25 lawsuits against coal power plants) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Other CO2 litigation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
ESA Polar Bear listing -- Will it endanger fossil energy use? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
A Spectre is haunting the U.S. economy--ever since Mass v EPA ,[object Object]
Brief Chronology – How we got here ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Chronology since Mass v EPA ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
PSD -- Regulatory Cascade ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
PSD – Regulatory Thresholds ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Regulatory Sprawl under 250 TPY threshold ,[object Object],[object Object]
PSD administrative burden on regulated entities ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
PSD for CO2—Regulatory Limbo ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Or Regulatory Hell? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Environmental Consequences: Equally Unsavory ,[object Object],[object Object]
NAAQS for CO2? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Does EPA have to make an endangerment finding? ,[object Object]
On what scientific grounds could EPA decline to make an endangerment finding? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
On what statutory grounds might EPA decline to make an endangerment finding? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
If EPA is sued again... ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What will EPA do?   ,[object Object]
What should we do now? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
A Legislative Fix? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Policy Terrorism Alert! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
APPENDIX A:  Thoughts on Mass v EPA -- What’s in a name? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
CAA authority to regulate CO2: Conspicuously Absent ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Ignoring legislative and regulatory history ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Ignoring the Big Picture ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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