tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post6801215044600195647..comments2024-03-27T03:00:27.024-04:00Comments on Facts & other stubborn things: The Supreme Court and Climate ChangeEvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12259004160963531720noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-53204956359876548182010-12-08T17:21:46.861-05:002010-12-08T17:21:46.861-05:00Prateek - "pollution" is a quite general...Prateek - "pollution" is a quite general term, and doesn't even have to refer to chemical pollutants. <br /><br />In the United States, carbon dioxide most certainly has been considered a pollutant (in addition to the carbon particulates you mention) since 2007 from a legal standpoint for the simple reason that it is a contaminent that harms an environment - the definition of "pollution".Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192667997950934790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-77926795031369822842010-12-08T10:13:54.164-05:002010-12-08T10:13:54.164-05:00Prateek, where do you get that definition for poll...Prateek, where do you get that definition for pollution?<br /><br />It's not all that relevant to your point, but airborne particulates most certainly do affect global warming. They reduce it, by reflecting solar radiation.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05431036725490947171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-22456462969581312052010-12-08T09:09:41.586-05:002010-12-08T09:09:41.586-05:00Hey Daniel.
Greenhouse gas emission and pollution...Hey Daniel.<br /><br />Greenhouse gas emission and pollution are not the same thing.<br /><br />Pollution relates to carbon particulate, while greenhouse gas emission relates to carbon dioxide. Global warming and air pollution are unrelated.<br /><br />That sort of complicates the issue further, because one might suppose that an emission in, say, Maryland may have an effect on rivers in Boliva, according to today's cited theories of climate change.<br /><br />As it is, in this case, the damage is simply impossible to assess and it's hard enough to say whether there may or may not have been any specific damage, and courts are least equipped to understand the issue, especially one as complicated as paleoclimatology.<br /><br />It's different with pollution of air and water, which has visible tangible effects.Prateek Sanjaynoreply@blogger.com