Of course, Australia copied EPA from USA, but made it a toothless tiger…There is no EPA regulation of CO2 without Waxman.. The reason that President Obama has the ability to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act is because Congressman Waxman helped write it. The Supreme Court decided in 2007 that the language in the Act meant greenhouse gases couldqualify as pollutants under the law. The EPA has been moving to regulate those pollutants since 2009, starting with vehicle emissions and continuing with new and existing power plants today.

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