"So no, I would not agree that it’s a primary contributor to the global warming that we see," Pruitt said. Two years later, the EPA declared carbon dioxide and five other heat-trapping gases to be pollutants. Pruitt said the Supreme Court's decision should not have been viewed as permission for the EPA to regulate carbon dioxide emissions. "Decisions were made at the executive branch level that didn't respect the rule of law," Pruitt said in his Houston speech. Regulating CO2Pruitt has previously said the EPA should not regulate CO2 without a law passed by Congress authorizing it to do so.

Source: bd News24 March 10, 2017 06:15 UTC