From: About.com Environmental Issues
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today confirmed that
six greenhouse gases definitely pose a serious threat to public
health and the welfare of the American people, and are subject to
federal regulation under the Clean Air Act. The agency also
concluded that greenhouse gas emissions from on-road vehicles are
contributing to the threat. The EPA's final endangerment finding--a
direct response to the 2007 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that
greenhouse gases are pollutants under the Clean Air Act--is based
on a comprehensive review of decades of scientific evidence and
more than 380,000 public comments collected during the 60-day
comment period that began in April when the agency issued its
proposed finding. In making the announcement, the EPA also issued a
strong statement about ...
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