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Let’s Concede the Obvious, Greenhouse Gases Pose a Threat

Posted By mike On April 18, 2009 @ 10:09 am In News, Politics, Connect the Dots, Small Foot Print, Global Warming | 1 Comment

In a victory for science so basic it’s almost not science at all, the Obama EPA has acknowledged the obvious: global warming is a threat to the planet and the emission/accumulation of greenhouse gases is a significant cause of global warming.

It’s a start. I am happy to see it.

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EPA Says Emissions Are Threat To Public

Finding Could Lead to Greenhouse Gas Limits

By [3] Juliet Eilperin

Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, April 18, 2009

The Environmental Protection Agency yesterday officially adopted the position that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions pose a danger to the public’s health and welfare, a move that could trigger a series of federal regulations affecting polluters from vehicles to coal-fired power plants.

The EPA’s action marks a major shift in the federal government’s approach to global warming. The Bush administration opposed putting mandatory limits on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, on the grounds that they would hurt business, and the EPA had resisted identifying such emissions as pollutants under the Clean Air Act.

Officials from the industries that stand to be most affected indicated yesterday that they would rather help shape standards through the legislative process than defer to federal regulators.

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