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EPA finds carbon pollution a serious danger to Americans’ health and welfare requiring regulation
climateprogress.org - 4/18/2009
EPA finds carbon pollution a serious danger to Americans’ health and welfare requiring regulation
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In a landmark finding for America and humanity, the EPA “issued a proposed finding Friday that greenhouse gases contribute to air pollution that may endanger public health or welfare.” The ruling sounds the death knell for new dirty coal plants and should apply some pressure on ...
yosemite.epa.gov - 4/17/2009
04/17/2009: EPA Finds Greenhouse Gases Pose Threat to Public Health, Welfare / Proposed Finding ...
— yosemite.epa.gov — Release date: 04/17/2009 Contact Information: Cathy Milbourn, 202-564-4355 / 7849 / milbourn.cathy@epa.gov; En español: Lina Younes, 202-564-4355... / younes.lina@epa.gov (Washington, D.C. – April 17, 2009) After a thorough scientific review ordered in ... (more) 04/17/2009: EPA Finds Greenhouse Gases Pose Threat to ...

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nytimes.com - 4/17/2009
E.P.A. Clears the Way for Regulation of Warming Gases
— nytimes.com — WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday formally declared carbon dioxide and five other heat-trapping gases... to be pollutants that threaten public health and welfare, setting in motion a process that for the first time in the United ... (more) E.P.A. Clears the Way for Regulation of Warming Gases

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wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 4/17/2009
After Years Of Delay, EPA Recognizes Global Warming Pollution Endangers ‘Health And Welfare’ Of ...
— wonkroom.thinkprogress.org — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson is officially confirming today that greenhouse gas pollution endangers the health... and welfare of the American public, finally obeying the mandate set down by the U.S. Supreme Court on April 2, ... (more) After Years Of Delay, EPA Recognizes Global Warming ...

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EPA finds carbon pollution a serious danger to Americans’ health and welfare requiring regulation
The Energy Collective — In a landmark finding for America and humanity, the EPA “issued a proposed finding Friday that greenhouse gases contribute to air pollution that may endanger public health or welfare.”  The ruling sounds the death knell for new dirty coal plants and should apply some pressure on Congress to pass climate legislation. Note: everything you could want to know about this finding — including the 133 page finding itself and the 171 “Technical support document” — can be found on EPA’s website here. “This finding confirms that greenhouse gas pollution is a serious problem now and for future generations. Fortunately, it follows President Obama’s call for a low carbon ...

Industry Exhales
Climate Change Action — Climate Change Action Get the Calvin via twitter. widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox ! Saturday, April 18, 2009 Industry Exhales [image] Ern is, perhaps, identifying a little too closely with his industry interests. He's not alone. The US EPA paves the way for significant legislation by deciding that CO2 is hazardous to human health and well being , whilst The Uk gov't promises a massive investment in CCS infrastructure , whether it exists or not. Ice and water continue to make the ...

EPA Finds Carbon Pollution a Serious Danger
Celsias Expert Articles — By Joseph Romm of Climate Progress In a landmark finding for America and humanity, the EPA “issued a proposed finding Friday that greenhouse gases contribute to air pollution that may endanger public health or welfare.”  The ruling sounds the death knell for new dirty coal plants and should apply some pressure on Congress to pass climate legislation. Note: everything you could want to know about this finding — including the 133 page finding itself and the 171 “Technical support document” — can ...

AEI compares EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to Clint Eastwood
Grist - the Latest from Grist — ... back to the average temperatures that prevailed in 1978….  No matter what you’ve been told, the technology to significantly reduce emissions is decades away and extremely costly”—from a 2008 speech AEI later removed from their website (excerpts here). In fact, Green’s analogy makes no sense whatsoever since Jackson is simply obeying the command of the highest court in the land to regulate carbon pollution (see here).  Green entirely omits the fact that in 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court determined ...

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