lightblueline

A story in the Washington Post (July 18, 2008) describes the EPA's findings on the health dangers of anticipated global warming. Much of the story is about how difficult it was for the EPA to do its work under the current administration. It is sad reading. You can read the whole article here:

Warming Is Major Threat To Humans, EPA Warns

Excerpts below:

The San Francisco Chronicle (April 3, 2007) reports on the effects that this recent ruling might have on California's efforts to reduce the c02 emissions of automobiles:

"The campaign led by California to combat global warming at the state level took a giant step forward Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Bush administration's hands-off approach to climate change and pushed the government toward regulation of greenhouse gases.

lightblueline has been trying to access US Government elevation data for months, only to be told that the data is being held back until a report is published by the US Climate Change Science Program office.

A recent (February 7, 2007) article in Wired Online notes that that office has several reports which never seem to get published:

"The [US Senate] committee hoped to hear from representatives from the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy, which advises the White House on science issues, but none showed up, leaving William Brennan, acting director of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, to defend the administration.

Kerry saved his most withering comments for Brennan, expressing outrage over the amount of progress on climate change achieved by Brennan's program, which seeks to integrate research on climate change from 13 federal agencies.

'I think this is the most serious dereliction of public responsibility that I've ever seen,' Kerry said. 'This is a disgrace. You're turning your backs on future generations in this country and potentially inviting a global catastrophe.'