Polluters serve SCOTUS big carbon sandwich; Scalia, Roberts ask for seconds

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"Tuesday the Supreme Court heard oral argument in American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut. In the case, six states and several other plaintiffs claimed that the nation’s five largest greenhouse gas polluters were contributing to a nuisance and that the court should order them to reduce the emissions.

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The polluters also seemed to have persuaded several of the judges that they couldn’t afford to make the air cleaner and safer.

Justice Roberts kept saying yesterday that courts can’t weigh costs. “The whole problem of dealing with global warming is that there are costs and benefits on both sides, and you have to determine how much you want to readjust the world economy,” he said. "

http://theenergycollective.com/peterlehner/56158/supreme-court-case-carbon-emissions-polluters-game-3-card-monte-continues?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=The+Energy+Collective+%28all+posts%29

A good summary of this case, which has a decision expected in July.