All Posts Tagged With: "CO2 emissions"
Breaking Policy News — U.S. Declares Warming Gases are Health Threat
The Environmental Protection Agency said today that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are a significant threat to human health and thus will be listed as pollutants under the Clean Air Act. HOW or WHAT to regulate is not spelled out. Instead, the EPA and lawmakers are expected to begin that discussion.
17Apr2009 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedCarbon is a Four-Letter Word:
A Treatise to Fuel the Flame (and by doing so, regrettably, discharge some CO2)
Here’s where the science, in some people’s minds, falters. In the big scheme of things, can a case sans reasonable doubt be made that fossil fueled electric generating plants are causing the Wilkins ice shelf to break off and float away? After all, 40% of 3.2% is just 1.3%.
9Apr2009 | admin | 3 comments | ContinuedEPA Declaration: Greenhouse Gases Threat to Human Health — Clean Air Act May be Used to Regulate Carbon Gases
It also cautioned that the Obama administration, which sees responding to climate change a top priority, nevertheless is ready to move cautiously when it comes to actually regulating greenhouse gases, preferring to have Congress act.
24Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
