The New York Times reports that New York Mayor Bloomberg has shelved part of his effort to improve the energy efficiency of buildings in New York by requiring owners both to conduct energy audits and to pay for the installation of retrofits. Oweners objected; they couldn’t comply in today’s bad economy.


CONSEQUENCES
SCOTUS Poised to Handcuff the EPA
In the wake of reactionary rulings by the Supreme Court that seized a woman’s right to abortion after the Justices had unleashed potentially lethal freedoms to gun owners, one can only shudder at the prospect of the court’s upcoming decision on West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).