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The EPA's finding that carbon dioxide emissions are a form of air pollution has "huge implications," claimed ABC's David Wright. "Think of it like the Surgeon General's warning about cigarettes all those years ago." CBS' Wyatt Andrews noted that limits on CO2 are already in the works for the automobile industry, for power plants and for steel mills. The timing of the announcement has a "political edge," he explained. In his talks in Copenhagen, Barack Obama "can now promise the world that if Congress does not cut CO2 in energy legislation, he will do it in regulation."
The two correspondents had opposing takeaways on the impact of the EPA ruling on the debate over carbon emissions on Capitol Hill. ABC's Wright focused on Republican criticism that the administration is "doing an end run around Congress, which is still debating a climate bill." CBS' Andrews interpreted it as a move designed to push major corporations "into supporting a climate change law because business has more clout in Congress than it has at EPA."
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