Things are not going too well for GW Bush. That's George W Bush, not Global Warming Bush.
On Monday the apex court of the US, the Supreme Court, ruled that "greenhouse gases are a pollutant and ordered federal environmental officials to re-examine their refusal to limit emissions of the gases from cars and trucks."
What this means is that it compels the EPA - the US Environmental Protection Agency - to determine if greenhouse gases is harmful humans (something it has tap-danced away from due to pressure from Washington) and if so, to start regulating its emissions or explain to the court why it will not.
Currently any program to limit emissions in the US are done voluntarily by individuals, private organizatons or local governments but not the Federal government.
This is likely to force doubters of global warming in Washington to go into unpleasant territory where a face-off with their campaign financiers - those with large business interests - will likely occur.
Al Gore is no doubt a happy man now that one obstacle is down.
Read the news article here.
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