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Article

27 Oct 2006

Author:
Marc Gunther, Fortune

Supreme Court tackles global warming - Corporate America is split on whether the EPA should regulate carbon dioxide

As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to take up the issue of climate change, some unusual alliances are forming - and corporate America finds itself on both sides of the debate... Supporting federal regulation are the attorneys general of 13 states, environmental groups, a coalition of church groups, native Americans living in Alaska - and utility companies Entergy and Calpine, as well the Aspen Skiing Co. Such bulwarks of the Fortune 500 as General Electric and Wal-Mart also say they favor federal regulation of greenhouse gases, although they have not joined this case. On the other side are the EPA [US Environmental Protection Agency], about a dozen mostly-industrial states, the American Petroleum Institute, utilities, car dealers and automakers Daimler Chrysler, Ford and General Motors. [also refers to positive steps taken by DuPont]