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GHG health-threat finding sets stage for regulations

12/14/2009
Greenhouse gases threaten the public's health and should be regulated, the US Environmental Protection Agency said on Dec. 7. GHG emissions from on-road vehicles contribute to that threat, it added."Today's finding is based on decades of research by hundreds of researchers," EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson said. "The vast body of evidence not only remains unassailable; it's grown strong, and it points to one conclusion: Greenhouse gases from human activity are increasing at unprecedented rates and are adversely affecting our environment and threatening our health."The finding follows a study that EPA undertook after the US Supreme Court ruled in 2007 that GHGs fit wi...
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