The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a warning that greenhouse gas emissions are a threat to human health, and must be regulated.

More global warming news while Copenhagen talks begin.

The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a warning that greenhouse gas emissions are a threat to human health, and must be regulated.

Under a Supreme Court ruling, the so-called endangerment finding is needed before the EPA can regulate carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases released from power plants, factories and automobiles under the federal Clean Air Act.

An "endangerment" finding by the Environmental Protection Agency could pave the way for the government to require businesses that emit carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases to make costly changes in machinery to reduce emissions -- even if Congress doesn't pass pending climate-change legislation. EPA action to regulate emissions could affect the U.S. economy more directly, and more quickly, than any global deal inked in the Danish capital, where no binding agreement is expected.

See a map of global warming hot spots and other interactives including a slide show: at this link below.


Alan Colmes EPA: Warning Greenhouse Gases Endanger Human Health. Liberaland blog http://www.alan.com/2009/12/07/epa-warning-greenhouse-gases-endanger-human-health/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed:+liberaland+(Alan+Colmes+Liberaland)&utm_content=Twitter

Ball, J. and Forelle, C (Dec. 7, 2007). Wall Street Journal. Retrieved Dec. 7 from http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126013960013179181.html?mod=rss_Today&mg=com-wsj