The Obama administration announced that greenhouse gases posed a health hazards. The move was widely interpreted as a move by the president to pressure Congress to act on climate change.
The declaration by the Environmental Protection Agency allows Obama to create regulations bypassing the Congress to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Such regulations would be vulnerable once a new administration comes into office.
Technically, the president could even negotiate a treaty at Copenhagen without any legislation from Congress, but such a treaty would have to be approved by at least 67 senators to become law. Ordinary legislation requires only 60 or even fewer votes in the Senate but it must also pass in the House of Representatives.
Then-president Bill Clinton negotiated a treaty at the Kyoto conference only to have it fail to pass in the Senate.
Obama could negotiate a treaty that, if it fails to get approved, could still be sent through Congress as legislation for easier passage. Obama could also cut a deal to reduce emissions by executive order, using the new EPA ruling, with the understanding that such an agreement could fall through the cracks if an antagonistic administration comes into power some time in the future.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
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