Reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases has been at the center of environmental debate since April 2007, when the U.S. Supreme Court, in Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency , held the EPA has authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate tailpipe emissions.

Climate change, when described as the increase in global temperatures of only a few degrees, may seem benign. But in reality, climate disruption extends far beyond mere temperature rise, and its effects may be catastrophic. In June 2009, the U.S. Global Change Research Program, led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, approved and transmitted to the president and Congress a report by its federal advisory committee, summarizing the science of climate change and the impacts of climate change on the United States.

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