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hatrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-25-07 12:15 PM
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EPA's Johnson Refuses To Concede GHGs Threat To Human Health In Senate Testimony - LA Times
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Johnson said he was considering California's request to implement a law requiring automakers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in new vehicles. He set May 22 for a public hearing in Washington and June 15 as the deadline for public comment on the state's request. But he declined to say whether he would approve the state's request, drawing criticism from one environmental group. "Icebergs are moving faster than EPA," Karen Douglas, director of the California climate initiative for Environmental Defense, said in a statement.

As to whether the EPA will regulate carbon emissions nationwide, Johnson said the agency must first determine whether greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health or welfare. That remark drew criticism.

"Surely, you acknowledge that global warming does endanger public health," Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said.

Johnson refused to say whether he considered global warming the No. 1 environmental problem. That rankled Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.). "You astonish me," Whitehouse said.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-greenhouse25apr25,1,7402494.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-25-07 12:18 PM
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1. You know I think these people know that greenhouse gases are
killing the planet. But admitting it would cost them money. What I want to know is don't they have any guilt about what they're doing to future generations of thier own families? I know they don't give a damn about my family.
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-25-07 01:04 PM
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2. They don't care about the planet's future because JEEBUS is coming
back real soon and the planet doesn't matter once they all get raptured.

The planet is part of the material world and is inherently EVIL to them. They WANT to see it destroyed.
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