Copenhagen, Denmark – The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and welfare, setting the stage for regulation of global warming pollution under the Clean Air Act.
“This is great news and shows that the Administration is committed to enforcing the Clean Air Act and addressing dangerous climate change," said Keya Chatterjee, Director of WWF-US’s Climate Change Program.
The finding recognizes the clear scientific basis for regulating carbon pollution as a threat to public health and welfare and clears the way for the EPA to require remedial moves by large scale carbon emitters and industries.
Under the former Bush administration, the EPA resisted such a finding during continuous court battles with community and environmental groups seeking toughening of notoriously lax vehicle emissions standards. Ultimately, the US Supreme Court narrowed the EPA's choices with an April 2007 ruling that it should either regulate carbon emissions as a pollutant or come up with a convincing explanation of why it wouldn't..
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