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[https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/03/09/rule-of-five-climate-lawsuit-epa-book by Jeremy and HobsonSamantha Raphelson 9/3/20 wbur] | [https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/03/09/rule-of-five-climate-lawsuit-epa-book by Jeremy and HobsonSamantha Raphelson 9/3/20 wbur] | ||
It all began in 1999 when a man named Joe Mendelson, an environmental lawyer who worked for a small public interest group, delivered a petition to the EPA urging them to regulate carbon dioxide as an air pollutant under the Clean Air Act, says Richard Lazarus, author of a new book about the case called, "The Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court." | It all began in 1999 when a man named Joe Mendelson, an environmental lawyer who worked for a small public interest group, delivered a petition to the EPA urging them to regulate carbon dioxide as an air pollutant under the Clean Air Act, says Richard Lazarus, author of a new book about the case called, "The Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court." | ||
=====Volkswagen: The scandal explained===== | |||
[https://www.bbc.com/news/business-34324772 by Russell Hotten 10/12/15 BBC] | |||
It's been dubbed the "diesel dupe". In September, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found, external that many VW cars being sold in America had a "defeat device" - or software - in diesel engines that could detect when they were being tested, changing the performance accordingly to improve results. The German car giant has since admitted cheating emissions tests in the US. | |||
