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Law school petitions EPA to start writing emission rules
A New York law institute petitioned U.S. EPA today to start writing rules that take aim at the emissions linked to global warming. The Institute for Policy Integrity, a nonprofit advocacy arm of the New York University School of Law, filed a 29-page petition to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson outlining the reasons why she already has the authority to set up a cap-and-trade system to curb greenhouse gases from motor vehicle fuels, nonroad vehicles and aircraft. Go to story #1