Friday, December 11, 2009

EPA: Greenhouse Gases Threaten Public Health and Can Be Regulated

West, Larry. "EPA: Greenhouse Gases Threaten Public Health and Can Be Regulated." Web log post. About.com. 7 Dec. 2009. Web. 11 Dec. 2009. .


The EPA has made a claim that greenhouse gasses affect the air conditions around the world. Since this is the case, the EPA said that the Clean Air Act protects us against these changed air conditions. This way, the 6 major greenhouse gasses must meet the standards of the EPA. Greenhouse gasses come from many places, but one of the places that may be regulated is automobiles. It has been confirmed that automobiles emit greenhouse gasses. Copenhagen has also been discussing this issue in hopes of stopping global climate change and regulating the greenhouse gas emissions.
The main issue in this topic is how much the gas emission should be regulated. Some think that the gasses should be heavily regulated to stop the greenhouse effect given off by the greenhouse gasses. Others believe that the gasses should not be regulated because of the heavy costs that would be involved with stopping the amount of greenhouse gas emissions. To stop these costs new fuels would need to be researched, manufactured, and spread across the nation. The problem with this, is that it will be expensive, and it will take time before any benefit will show. Some people think that this is a step we have to take to help the environment, some believe it is too late, and some believe that it wont do enough good from the expenses that the transition would take. Those are the main arguments from the cases.

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