The Environmental Protection Agency says it needs more time to decide on its global warming policy ? after suffering two embarrassing disclosures about its shortcomings on this issue and water pollution. Living on Earth’s Washington correspondent Jeff Young sorts them out and explains how each instance also relates to important Supreme court decisions with major environmental implications.
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