Green lawsuit in California seen as warm-up for future climate litigation
Waxman-Markey climate change legislation
Carbon Control News reports that two "environmental justice" groups (Communities for a Better Environment and California Communities Against Toxics) sued the state of California on June 10 alleging the state's climate change program violates its 2006 global warming law. [Click here for the summary].
Carbon Control News rightly pointed out that the lawsuit
... could foreshadow similar legal challenges facing a federal GHG cap-and-trade program, because the California groups, who question the effectiveness of emissions trading, are also opposed to the Waxman-Markey climate change legislation.The lesson here --especially for USCAP's business members --is that while businesses may feel like they can deal with seemingly "mainstream" green groups (like USCAP's Environmental Defense Fund and Natural Resources Defense Council) in crafting a survivable climate bill, in the end the more extreme green groups will come along and try to scuttle the deal in favor of more extreme regulation.
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