By L.K. Williams
Dec 07, 2009
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposed finding of endangerment from greenhouse gases (GHGs) released in April became final today despite efforts to delay the action.
Citing "decades of sound, peer-reviewed, extensively evaluated scientific data … from around the world and from our own U.S. scientists," EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson enumerated several examples of evidence of climate change:
- polar ice caps crumbling into the oceans,
- changing migratory patterns of animals,
- broader ranges for deadly diseases,
- historic droughts,
- more powerful storms, and
- disappearing coastlines.
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