In a defeat for the Bush administration, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a U.S. government agency has the power under the clean air law to regulate greenhouse gas emissions that spur global warming.
The nation's highest court by a 5-4 vote said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency "has offered no reasoned explanation" for its refusal to regulate carbon dioxide and other emissions from new cars and trucks that contribute to climate change.
Yet another example of conservatives claiming the inability to act when it best suits them. The reason conservatives hate government is because a government that acts in the public's interest will usually clash with conservatives' interests, which represent a very small number of people. These people, however, control an enormous amount of wealth and power and it is only government, therefore, that can provide us with checks and balances on this aristocracy.
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