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EPA: Greenhouse Gases Endanger Human Health and Welfare

HeadlineApr 20, 2009

The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday greenhouse gases endanger human health and welfare, opening the door for the EPA to possibly regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant. The EPA found that rising levels of greenhouse gases are “the unambiguous result of human emissions, and are very likely the cause of the observed increase in average temperatures and other climatic changes.”

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