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• v  fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
  regulate the temperature
• v  bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
  We cannot regulate the way people dress
  This town likes to regulate
• v  shape or influence; give direction to
• v  check the emission of (sound)

• The Congress shall have power to regulate commerce .
• An April 17 EPA decision potentially opens the door for the agency to directly regulate greenhouse gases, which would represent the most far-reaching action in its history.
• The EPA has the authority to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant, but even environmentalists see the cracks in that strategy.

• modulate
• regularize
• regularise
• order
• govern
• determine
• shape
• mold
• influence
• baffle

• deregulate

News & Articles

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• Legalizing marijuana is hard. Regulating a pot industry is even harder.
  Washington state is trying to figure out how to regulate its newly legal pot market. That means thinking about everything from monpolists to taxes to advertising.
  June 29, 2013 - Washington Post
• Poll: Will Obama’s Decision to Regulate Greenhouse Gasses Hurt Democrats in the Midterms?
  On balance, will President Obama's decision to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions through EPA help, hurt, or have no effect on Democrats during the midterm election?
  June 28, 2013 - National Journal via Yahoo! News
• Obama Orders EPA to Regulate Power Plants in Wide-Ranging Climate Plan
  The president presents a plan to use the EPA to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. On a hot day in Washington, DC, President Obama rolled up his sleeves and dabbed his forehead while describing the dangers of climate change and laying out a plan to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, in large part by regulating carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. The plan also includes ...
  June 25, 2013 - Technology Review

Quotes

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• John Paul Stevens in Los Angeles Times
  As Justice John Paul Stevens wrote in dissent: "If taken seriously, our colleagues' assumption that the identity of a speaker has no relevance to the government's ability to regulate political speech would lead to some remarkable conclusions. Such...
• Thomas Jefferson in American Thinker
  Thomas Jefferson in his First Inaugural address in1801 described what he called the sum of good government as, "a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own...
• Dana Perino in International Herald Tribune
  Recent court decisions hold the very real prospect that the federal government will regulate greenhouse gas emissions with or without a new law being passed,Perino said. "To us, having unelected bureaucrats regulating greenhouse gases, at...