La lotta al cambiamento climatico da Massachussetts v. EPA (2007) sino a oggi: un modello per il diritto comparato dal sistema federale statunitense

Una storica sentenza della Corte suprema a favore delle teorie e dei doveri ambientali

THE FIGHT TO CLIMATE CHANGE FROM MASSACHUSETTS V. EPA (2007) UNTIL NOW. A MODEL FOR COM-PARATIVE LAW FROM THE AMERICAN FEDERAL SYSTEM? MASSACHUSETTS V. EPA IS THE LEADING CASE IN US ENVIRONMENTAL LAW. Released by the Supreme Court in 2007, it was decided by a narrow majori-ty of 5 to 4 votes. The Court decided that EPA, the federal agency for environment, has the duty to provide a comprehensive regulation for the whole country about the use of greenhouse gases. The ar-ticle also analyses the federalist dimension of environmental law in USA, with a special focus on the legislation of California and its relation with the federal one, and the “reciprocity” clause of art. 115 of the Climate Air Act.