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Archive for October 21st, 2009

‘EPA is back on the job’

Add comment October 21st, 2009

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That’s what Administrator Lisa Jackson told NPR last week when the agency revealed its 2007 “endangerment finding.”

Written while President Bush was in office, the document says greenhouse gases are dangerous and need to be regulated under the Clean Air Act.

Jackson said the Obama administration, which accepts this need, is putting an increased emphasis on the public health effects of greenhouse gases. That’s why you see more of a legislative push on energy and fuel standards.


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