The atmospheric system scored a rare victory in the United States’ political system, as the Supreme Court in an important climate change [search] test case voted 5-4 that the EPA must regulate automobile’s carbon emissions. It was ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate carbon dioxide from automobile emissions, and it has shirked its duty in not doing so [more]. Twelve states and 13 campaign groups brought the landmark case against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Starting Nov. 2006 Ecological Internet campaigned in a unique fashion on this issue, generating ten thousand protest emails to the Supreme Court advising them on the importance of regulating carbon dioxide. Though it is likely no justice ever saw a single one, it was people power finding every pressure point to steer government towards addressing climate change.
There is so much hope in networked communities working on behalf of the Global Earth System.

The momentum is building internally for America to reenter the league of civilized nations and negotiate international mandatory and equitable emission reductions in good faith. We must move swiftly towards a global carbon tax and carbon market regime. And the goal must be rigorous - what it takes to allow the maximum likelihood of the global ecological system absorbing the human climate shock. The focus upon cutting emissions is likely to mean a minimum of 80% greenhouse gas emission cuts by or before 2050.