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April 2, 2008

States try to force EPA to act on global warming ruling

BOSTON -- Attorneys general from 17 states -- including Rhode Island -- and several environmental groups are taking the EPA back to court to try to force it comply with a Supreme Court ruling that rebuked the Bush administration for inaction on global warming.

The court decided a year ago that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are air pollutants under the Clean Air Act, and ordered the federal Environmental Protection Agency to take action.

But the states said in a court filing today that the EPA has not issued a decision on regulation. Their court filing seeks to compel the EPA to act within 60 days.

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said the EPA is failing to deal with the dangers of global warming.

An EPA spokesman did not immediately return a call for comment.

-- The Associated Press

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