EPA Clears Way for CO2 Legislation
December 08, 2009
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Monday officially said it considers carbon dioxide potentially dangerous to the environment and human health. Its final ruling on the long- and still-debated issue sets the stage for coming regulation for passenger vehicles and other transportation sectors.
The European Union and other nations welcomed the EPA's action as the United Nations opened an important conference in Denmark dealing with climate change. The two-week conference will see representatives from some 190 nations attempt to create a global agreement on curbing CO2 output.
In the U.S., the state of California has sought to establish its own CO2 emissions standard, one to which many automakers and other interests have objected, saying CO2 regulation amounts to a de facto fuel-economy standard, because CO2 emissions are directly correlated to fuel consumption.
But the federal government, through the Obama administration, seemingly already settled the equation for automakers last spring when all agreed to new Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards that require all volume automakers to achieve a fleet average of 35 miles per gallon by 2016. -- Bill Visnic, Senior Contributing Editor
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The only danger here is the EPA. With the climategate scandal and the coincidental timing of the EPA's statement the BS isn't knee deep, it is neck deep.
EPA there will be a day of reckoning with the Americna People when this house of cards on Global Warming comes falling down.
Climate Gate has more to still show I suspect. The players in this fraud should be charged criminally if they hid the info those emails stated!
Posted by: srd275 | December 09, 2009 at 6:49 PM
Alright class, let's review. Humans and animals inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide, and plants and vegetation inhale (if you will) carbon dioxide and exhale oxygen. I do net recall hearing that oxygen is a pollutant; why is is carbon dioxide being singled out. Does the EPA have a carbon phobia? Are they carbon racists? Are they worried that America is too carbon-centric? The climate is self-balancing. This is the brilliance of God's creation. These people need to take up a hobby; they have too much time on their hands. Go ahead, report me as offensive.
Posted by: offroadbob1 | December 11, 2009 at 7:39 PM