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WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ordered the federal government on Monday to take a fresh look at regulating carbon dioxide emissions from cars, a rebuke to Bush administration policy on global warming.

In a 5-4 decision, the court said the Clean Air Act gives the Environmental Protection Agency the authority to regulate the emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from cars.

The ruling says the EPA can regulate greenhouse gases

For more detail, see CNN Story (http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/04/02/scotus.greenhousegas.ap/index.html)