2009Dec7: United States EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson signs two distinct findings regarding greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act: First, current and projected concentrations of key greenhouse gases (CO2, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride) in the atmosphere threaten the public health and welfare of current and future generations. Second, the combined emissions of these greenhouse gases from new motor vehicles and new motor vehicle engines contribute to the greenhouse gas pollution which threatens public health and welfare (EPA endangerment findings). “These long-overdue findings cement 2009’s place in history as the year when the United States Government began addressing the challenge of greenhouse-gas pollution and seizing the opportunity of clean-energy reform,” said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson (EPA administrator’s speech).
Reference: EPA Administrator’s speech http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/8d49f7ad4bbcf4ef852573590040b7f6/b6b7098bb1dfaf9a85257685005483d5!OpenDocument; EPA endangerment findings http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/endangerment.html
Read EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson’s speech http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/8d49f7ad4bbcf4ef852573590040b7f6/b6b7098bb1dfaf9a85257685005483d5!OpenDocument
Read the Press Release http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/bd4379a92ceceeac8525735900400c27/08d11a451131bca585257685005bf252!OpenDocument
EU and UN reaction to announcement http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8400792.stm
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