Obama will declare CO2 a pollutant, regulate under Clean Air Act, EPA, says top energy adviser

Obama energy adviser Jason Grumet said that, if elected, Sen. Barack Obama will classify CO2 as a pollutant and instruct the EPA that it can use the 1990 Clean Air Act to regulate CO2 emissions.The Supreme Court in a 2007 ruling cleared the way for CO2 to be classified as a pollutant under the terms of the Clean Air Act.

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