Supreme Court to take up global warming
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The Bush administration is defending its refusal to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from new motor vehicles in the first case about global warming to reach the Supreme Court.
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California made a bold move to curb   global warming by passing on Thursday the first bill in the   United States to cap man-made greenhouse gas emissions, an   action state leaders hope will be copied across the country.
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SUPREME COURT The US Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case that could lead to sweeping changes on how alcoholic beverages are regulated and sold.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will consider a technology patent case that could have far-reaching ramifications for computer makers and other industries with global supply chains.
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The auto industry is anxiously waiting for the Supreme Court to decide if the EPA should limit greenhouse gases. While the decision is critical in the long run, it won't affect vehicle development for years to come. In Autopia.
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The six largest automakers asked a federal judge to toss out a lawsuit by California that accuses them of harming human health and the environment by producing vehicles that contribute to global warming.
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The U.S. Supreme Court's new term   has cases on abortion, the environment and racial diversity in   schools, some of the country's most contentious social issues   for a court primed to shift sharply to the right by President   George W. Bush's conservative appointees.
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Some of the major business-related cases that will be heard by the Supreme Court in the term that begins Monday:
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The Supreme Court yesterday cautiously confronted for the first time the issue of global warming, hearing a challenge to the Bush administration's refusal to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases in new vehicles.
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By LAURA KURTZMAN SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The six largest automakers asked a federal judge to toss out a lawsuit by California that accuses them of harming human health and the environment by producing vehicles that contribute to global warming.
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In developments Monday at the Supreme Court, the court:
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An international report giving greater certainty to global warming will shift the debate in Congress from what's causing climate change to the economics of who will pay to confront it.
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The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider whether cable companies must open their high-speed lines to rival Internet providers. Justices will hear two cases challenging a lower
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Tom Brokaw is giving Al Gore some company in the effort to raise awareness of global warming. The former NBC anchorman is host of &quot;Global Warming: What You Need to Know,&quot; which doubles as an explainer and call to action for average Americans. It premieres Sunday at 9 p.m. on the Discovery Channel.
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California catapulted to the   forefront of U.S. efforts to fight global warming on Wednesday   with an accord that will give the state the toughest laws in   the nation on cutting greenhouse gas emissions and possibly   spur a reluctant Washington to take similar action.
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Some of the major issues to be decided by the Supreme Court next year:
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The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would hear an appeal by Exxon Mobil Corp seeking to overturn the $2.5 billion in punitive damages it must pay for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska.