The  Supreme Judicial Court’s sweeping ‘Kain v DEP' ruling which “requires the department [of Environmental Protection] to promulgate regulations that address … sources of greenhouse gas emissions, impose a limit on emissions that may be released, limit the aggregate emissions …, set emission limits for each year, and set limits that decline on an annual basis” is destined to have a dramatic long-term impact on how Massachusetts builds a clean energy economy.  On top of that, the court hearing on the President’s Clean Power Plan was delayed until September- but maybe that is a good thing. Listen in!

The reading list:

• ELM on the Kain ruling
• The Kain ruling. Read the conclusion on pg 38 and 39
• The Omnibus Energy bill is released
• DC court delays hearing on the Obama Clean Energy Plan
• Background on the Clean Air Act's section 111(d)

Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist that the United States put a price on carbon.

Thanks for listening.

…Ted McIntyre