Marlo Lewis: Will Lisa Jackson turn the Clean Air Act into a gigantic de-stimulus package? | OpenMarket.org

Lisa Jackson needs to understand that she cannot rescind Johnson’s interpretation and make CO2 a pollutant “subject to regulation” under PSD without running the very serious risk of turning the Clean Air Act into a gigantic de-stimulus package.

Why the EPA Needs to Play Chicken with C02 and the CAA - Chris Horner - Planet Gore on National Review Online

The greens now acknowledge (well, when they're not denying it — depends on what suits their political purposes) that for EPA to declare that C02 from U.S. tailpipes poses an "endangerment" to human health and the environment would unleash a torrent of economy-killing — oh, and administration- and other career-dooming — consequences. (Sadly, the Bush administration chose not to emphasize those consequences when litigating the claim that the provision at issue somehow really requires regulating CO2.)