Pretty interesting

Climate Change Case to Justices.

The Supreme Court entered the debate over global warming Monday, agreeing at the urging of environmentalists to rule on whether emissions from new cars, trucks and power plants must be further regulated to slow climate change.

The court's action gave a surprising, if tentative, boost to 12 states, including California, and a coalition of environmentalists who say the federal government must restrict the exhaust fumes that contribute to global warming. Their appeal accused the Environmental Protection Agency of having "squandered nearly a decade" by failing to act.

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[Gomez]

I'm genuinely surprised that the Supreme Court formally took a stand on this. Maybe they saw An Inconvenient Truth :P

[Hal O'Brien]

"I'm genuinely surprised that the Supreme Court formally took a stand on this."

Umm... They haven't, yet. They appear only to have agreed to hear the case. From the article:

"At least four of the nine justices must vote to grant an appeal, and on Monday, the high court issued a one-line order saying it had agreed to hear the case of Massachusetts vs. EPA."

The article also says the case will be heard "...in the fall," so presumably sometime after the first Monday in October. The decision may well not be published until about a year from now. (The last week of June/first week of July is when many of the Court's decisions are handed down, at the end of the Court's term.)