Global Warming Case Taken Up By Supreme Court Statement of Norman Dean, Executive Director, Friends of the Earth

A statement by Norman Dean, Executive Director of Friends of the Earth, regarding the Supreme Court's decision to hear a case on whether the Bush Administration must regulate carbon dioxide emissions under the Clean Air Act.

• The Supreme Court agreed to determine if the Bush Administration is required to regulate carbon dioxide to combat global warming. This legal action followed a 2003 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ruling that claimed the agency lacked jurisdiction under the Clean Air Act because carbon dioxide did not fit the definition of a "pollutant."
• Friends of the Earth notes that global warming emissions have risen by 16 percent since 1990. The organization links global warming to increased severity of storms, including Category 4 and 5 hurricanes, floods, droughts, and the spread of tropical diseases like West Nile Virus.
• The financial impact of severe weather is highlighted by the 2005 insurance losses from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, which totaled $57.6 billion, more than twice the previous record set in 2004.

APA

Dean, N. (2008). Global Warming Case Taken Up By Supreme Court Statement of Norman Dean, Executive Director, Friends of the Earth. Friends of the Earth. https://foe.org/news/2008-10-global-warming-case-taken-up-by-supreme-court-statem/

Chicago

Dean, Norman. Global Warming Case Taken Up By Supreme Court Statement of Norman Dean, Executive Director, Friends of the Earth. Friends of the Earth, 2008. https://foe.org/news/2008-10-global-warming-case-taken-up-by-supreme-court-statem/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Dean |first1=Norman |title=Global Warming Case Taken Up By Supreme Court Statement of Norman Dean, Executive Director, Friends of the Earth |publisher=Friends of the Earth |date=30 October 2008 |url=https://foe.org/news/2008-10-global-warming-case-taken-up-by-supreme-court-statem/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{dean2008global, author = {Dean, Norman}, title = {{Global Warming Case Taken Up By Supreme Court Statement of Norman Dean, Executive Director, Friends of the Earth}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth}, year = {2008}, month = oct, url = {https://foe.org/news/2008-10-global-warming-case-taken-up-by-supreme-court-statem/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }