Supreme Court to Consider Greenhouse-Gas Rules Case

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he U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider a bid by environmentalists and 12 states to force the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate auto and truck emissions that may contribute to global warming, Bloomberg reported.

The justices said Monday they will review a lower court decision that said EPA had discretion under the federal Clean Air Act to refuse to regulate tailpipe emissions on the grounds that more scientific and technical studies were needed, Bloomberg reported.

The Bush administration had urged the court not to consider the case.

The case is one of two efforts by northeastern and western states to make the EPA adopt emissions standards to address global warming, Bloomberg said.

he states are seeking limits on four air pollutants: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and hydrofluorocarbons.

The justices will consider the case during their 2006-07 term, which begins in October, Bloomberg reported.