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Come health or high water
EPA scientists spell out dangers of climate change while EPA chief delays action |
Kate Sheppard |
15 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| While EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson and the rest of the Bush administration have decided to run out the clock on regulating greenhouse-gas emissions, EPA scientists have released their own document [PDF] detailing the health risks posed by a warming planet, including wildfires, smog, disease, and an increased number of heat-related deaths. The 149-page endangerment analysis outlines the risks that global warming poses to human health, as well as air quality, ... |
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| Topics: climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, Muckraker, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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