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Letters on global warming, Anheuser-Busch InBev, and Bloomberg Businessweek’s Election Issue
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Hot and Bothered
Thanks for your thoughtful discussion of how man-made climate change cranked up Hurricane Sandy’s power and destructiveness (“It’s Global Warming, Stupid,” Opening Remarks, Nov. 5-Nov. 11). But America already has a law that could be a potent weapon against the greenhouse gas pollution fueling extreme weather.
The Clean Air Act has protected the air we breathe for 40 years, and courts have repeatedly backed its application to greenhouse gases. But the Environmental Protection Agency has been excruciatingly slow to use the law against carbon pollution. Airplanes’ massive greenhouse gas emissions, for example, are still completely unregulated.