The basic question before the court: What are the requirements of the Federal Clean Air Act?

NPR: Supreme Court Hears Global Warming Arguments

Tonawanda Coke Corp. was found guilty Thursday in federal court of 11 counts of violating the Clean Air Act and three counts of violating the Resource Conservation and Recovery act.

WSJ: NY coke plant, manager convicted in pollution case

Third, the Supreme Court is to rule next year on whether the federal government has the right to control carbon-dioxide emissions under the Clean Air Act.

ECONOMIST: Doing it their way

In 2002, the state assembly passed a law regulating emissions of CO2 from vehicles, based on a provision of the Clean Air Act that allows California to adopt stricter pollution standards than the federal government (other states can then choose to follow the Californian standards if they wish).

ECONOMIST: The Supreme Court breathes down the government's neck

Under the Clean Air Act, Atlanta was told last year that it would get no more federal road money until it came up with a transport plan that cut air pollution.

ECONOMIST: Urban sprawl