ENEP426 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13.3: Presupposition, Supremacy Clause, Additionality

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Energy and Environmental Policy
• Course: ENEP426
• Professor: Scattone Raymond

Document Summary

Under the interstate commerce clause of the us constitution states are forbidden from enacting laws that place an excessive burden on interstate commerce. Hard to define the line, difficult to enact a regulation that is highly effective in reducing ghg emission that avoid significant leakage and that also does not place illegal burden on interstate commerce. Under the supremacy clause of the us constitution, fed law preempts any conflicting state law. States cannot collectly enter into agreements with one another to form interstate compacts without express federal legislation enabling them to do so. States cannot themselves enter into international treaties with foreign countries to reduce ghg emissions. Ca did not adopt ab 32 aware that it would seem like a challenge to fed authority and is opposition to george bush administration. The following is what the state has proposed thus far and what is believed to be the best practices in climate policy for the state.