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Barbara Boxer: “Because greenhouse gases fit well within the Clean Air Act's capacious definition of air pollutant, we hold that EPA has…”

On the recordJune 14, 2011
Because greenhouse gases fit well within the Clean Air Act's capacious definition of air pollutant, we hold that EPA has the statutory authority to regulate the emissions of such gases.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Boxer references a Supreme Court ruling supporting EPA's authority over greenhouse gases.

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