Editorial: Ruling on EPA favors Big Energy

Published April 6, 2007 4:00am ET



When the Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Environmental Protection Agency can and probably should regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant, a Washington Post news article said the majority was “siding with environmentalists.”

That’s true, but a quick look at the docket in Massachusetts v. EPA reveals the liberal majority also sided with two large electric utilities that stand to profit from the decision.

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